>> and the GIL is more than an "artifact". It is a central tenet of >> threaded python programming. > > If it's a central tenet of threaded python programming, why is it not > mentioned at all in the language or library manual? The threading > module documentation describes the right way to handle thread > synchronization in Python, and that module implements traditional > locking approaches without reference to the GIL.
And we all hope the GIL will one day die it's natural death ... maybe... probably.. hopefully ;) -- damjan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
