[Python-Dev] usefulness of Python version of threading.RLock

[Charles-François Natali]

> The yes/no answer is "No, we can't drop it".

Thanks, that's a clear answer :-)

> I'm not convinced of the benefits of removing the pure Python RLock
> implementation

Indeed.
As noted, this issue with signal handlers is more general, so this
wouldn't solve the problem at hand. I just wanted to know whether we
could remove this "duplicate" code, but since it might be used by some
implementations, it's best to keep it.