libc Sleep api performs a busy waiting

[Thomas Heller]

Joe Fox schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
>  actually i have simplified my scenario a lot here ,
> 
> In my actual case , i have to call a C-api which blocks on  c select , in a
> separate thread.
> 
> my thread is getting struck in that api , and thus blocking all the other
> threads.
> Can you point to something which will help me call this blocking C-api call
> without my thread getting struck.
> 
ctypes.  Releases the GIL before calling C api functions.