in my app i initialize python on the main thread, then immediately call
PyEval_SaveThread() because i do no further python stuff on the main thread.
then, for each script i want to run, i use boost::threads to create a new
thread, then on that thread i "ensure" the GIL, do my stuff, then release it.
so, to test concurrency, on my first background thread, i do an infinite loop
that just logs "i'm alive", then calls sleep(0.25)
so that thread continues to run forever (with it's GIL ensured)
according to the doc: "In order to emulate concurrency of execution, the
interpreter regularly tries to switch threads"
so i figure i can run another thread that does a single print statement:
> ensure gil
> print my thing
> release gil
and this DOES run. however, after releasing it's gil, i guess the interpeter
gets back to the first back thread, but then has this error immediately:
9: Traceback (most recent call last):
9: File "<string>", line 70, in ?
9: File "<string>", line 55, in main
9: AttributeError: 'builtin_function_or_method' object has no attribute
'sleep'
suddenly the sleep module has been unloaded?? huh? i thought the thread state
had been preserved?
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