Extension modules, Threading, and the GIL

[Martin v. Löwis]

David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com> writes:

> The he essence of the problem is that there's no way to write code
> that uses the Python 'C' API and which has no knowledge of whether it
> is running on Python's main thread when it is entered.

Following up here as well: Can you please explain why the main thread
has any relevance? (or perhaps what you mean when you say "main thread")

Regards,
Martin