Re: threading priority

2004-12-20 Thread David Bolen
Peter Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I googled as suggested, and the answer isn't crystal clear. My > > impression is that the problem is that a python thread must acquire the > > GIL in order to execute, and the strategy for deciding which thread > > should get

Re: threading priority

2004-12-17 Thread Peter Hansen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I googled as suggested, and the answer isn't crystal clear. My impression is that the problem is that a python thread must acquire the GIL in order to execute, and the strategy for deciding which thread should get the GIL when multiple threads are waiting for it is not bas

Re: threading priority

2004-12-17 Thread alecwy
I googled as suggested, and the answer isn't crystal clear. My impression is that the problem is that a python thread must acquire the GIL in order to execute, and the strategy for deciding which thread should get the GIL when multiple threads are waiting for it is not based on priority. Is that