New submission from Trent Nelson: Relevant thread: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-December/123225.html
PyOS_StdioReadline features numerous calls that require the GIL to be held. Ideally, the GIL drop-take should be moved closer to the actual underlying read system call. ---------- assignee: trent components: Interpreter Core messages: 177874 nosy: trent priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: PyOS_Readline drops GIL and calls PyOS_StdioReadline, which isn't thread safe type: behavior versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue16742> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com