> > > and I want to be able to stop [functions] if they run too long. > > > That's tricky [due to a synthetic limitation].
It would suck if you couldn't hold the GIL for as long as you need to. But how much is it used? Wrote the docs: > when two threads simultaneously increment the reference count of the same > object Well, the example sucked. Just synchronize ref count manipulation. Every OS has locking primitives, and a library exists to deny requests to block that lock dead. How integral is the GIL to Python? > The Python interpreter is not fully thread safe -Make- it so. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
