[Python-Dev] Removing the GIL (Me, not you!)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Sep 11 22:53:01 CEST 2007


> It's not just caches and counters.  It's also every built-in type
> structure, builtin module, builtin function...  any Python object that's
> a built-in, period.  That includes things like None, True, and False.

Sure - but those things don't get modified that often, except for their
reference count. In addition, they are objects, and Justin seems to
believe that things are easier if they are objects.

Regards,
Martin


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