"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > question of library functions--you could certainly write JNI > > extensions for that stuff [access to mmap, etc.] > Sure. If you're writing extensions you can work around the GIL, too.
I don't think that's comparable--if you have extensions turning off the GIL, they can't mess with Python data objects, which generally assume the GIL's presence. Python's mmap module can't do that either. > Up through 1.3/1.4 or so they were pretty staunchly in the "threads > for everything!" camp, but they've added a select/poll-style call a > couple versions back. That was a pretty big sticking point previously. They've gone much further now and they actually have some STM features: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jtp11234/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
