[issue7739] time.strftime may hung while trying to open /etc/localtime but does not release GIL

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> added the comment:

> It appears that the stall happens due to time.strftime call, which internally opens 
> a file ('/etc/localtime')

In the GNU libc, strftime() calls tzset() and tzset() uses a lock to be thread safe. Yes, releasing the GIL before calling strftime() would speed up your use case.

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nosy: +haypo

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