On Sun, 08 Jul 2018 12:23:41 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: >> Some people, when confronted with a problem, say, "I know, I'll use >> threads". Nothhtwo probw ey ave lems. > > Right. Now they have to deal with interleaving, but that's all. And > honestly, MOST CODE wouldn't notice interleaving; it's only when you > change (either by rebinding or by mutating) something that can be seen > by multiple threads. Which basically means "mutable globals are a risk, > pretty much everything else is safe".
Its not just globals though. Any mutable object shared between two threads is potentially a risk. Globals are just the most obvious example. -- Steven D'Aprano "Ever since I learned about confirmation bias, I've been seeing it everywhere." -- Jon Ronson -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
