STINNER Victor added the comment: Supporting to release the GIL would require to redesign the _sre module.
For example, the getstring() gets a "view" of a Python string, it doesn't copy the string. So we must hold the GIL, otherwise the Python string can be modified by other threads. Copying a very long string may be slower than just match the pattern :-/ During the pattern matching, other Python functions are called, these functions require the GIL to be hold. Example: PyObject_Malloc(). ---------- nosy: +haypo type: resource usage -> performance _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue23690> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
