On Jan 24, 4:11 pm, Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Klaas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > POSIX issues aside, Python's threading model should be less susceptible > > to memory-barrier problems that are possible in other languages (this > > is due to the GIL).
> But the GIL is not part of Python's threading model; it's just a > particular implementation artifact. Programs that rely on it are > asking for trouble. CPython is more that "a particular implementation" of python, and the GIL is more than an "artifact". It is a central tenet of threaded python programming. I don't advocate relying on the GIL to manage shared data when threading, but 1) it is useful for the reasons I mention 2) the OP's question was almost certainly about an application written for and run on CPython. > > Double-checked locking, frinstance, is safe in python even though it > > isn't in java. > What's that? google.com -Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
