I googled as suggested, and the answer isn't crystal clear. My impression is that the problem is that a python thread must acquire the GIL in order to execute, and the strategy for deciding which thread should get the GIL when multiple threads are waiting for it is not based on priority. Is that correct?
-Alec Peter Hansen wrote: > Joe Wong wrote: > > > Hi, Is there any way to increase/decrease a thread priority in Python? > > Not really, and as Python does not use a "free-threading" model, > it wouldn't work as you'd like anyway. > > Search Google for "Python GIL" or "Global Interpreter Lock" and you > should learn enough to see why this is so. > > -Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
