Andrew Svetlov added the comment:

I'm with Antoine.

Yes, GIL is extremely important but please don't put GIL mentions everywhere.

On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Antoine Pitrou <rep...@bugs.python.org> wrote:
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> Antoine Pitrou added the comment:
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> Please let's stop it. Mentioning the GIL in every place in the documentation 
> will only make people more worried and confused about something they 
> shouldn't be confused or worried about.
>
> If you think some docs should discuss the GIL and its effect on running 
> threads then I suggest writing a separate document (a HOWTO for example, like 
> the Unicode HOWTO).
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