[Python-Dev] A bit about the GIL

[R. David Murray]

On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 01:14:11 +0200, =?UTF-8?Q?Alfredo_Solano_Mart=C3=ADnez?= <asolano at icai.es> wrote:
> Simply put, make the reference counter a sharded one. That is, separate it
> into several subcounters, in this case one for each thread.

It seems to me this has a family resemblance to some of the
stuff Trent is doing in his parallel Python work.

--David