robert wrote: > I'd like to use multiple CPU cores for selected time consuming Python > computations (incl. numpy/scipy) in a frictionless manner. > > Interprocess communication is tedious and out of question, so I thought > about simply using a more Python interpreter instances > (Py_NewInterpreter) with extra GIL in the same process.
If I understand Python/ceval.c, the GIL is really global, not specific to an interpreter instance: static PyThread_type_lock interpreter_lock = 0; /* This is the GIL */ Daniel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
