[Python-Dev] Towards 1.6 Final
M.-A. Lemburg
mal@lemburg.com
Tue, 13 Jun 2000 15:18:59 +0200
bwarsaw@python.org wrote:
>
> >>>>> "VM" == Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr> writes:
>
> >> - enable threads by default if OS supports it
>
> VM> Who's going to champion this? I recall Greg Stein volunteering
> VM> for it ;) (or for something related)
>
> This isn't the free-threading stuff, which I think we're pushing back
> to 1.7, right? Just making --with-threads turned on by default if the
> OS supports it.
Ehm, didn't we agree on not enabling this by default ? From what
I've heard there are simply too many problems with thread
implementations which cause Python to break in different ways
(not necessarily Python's faults).
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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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