Threads vs Processes

[sjdevnull at yahoo.com]

Russell Warren wrote:
> This is something I have a streak of paranoia about (after discovering
> that the current xmlrpclib has some thread safety issues).  Is there a
> list maintained anywhere of the modules that are aren't thread safe?


It's much safer to work the other way: assume that libraries are _not_
thread safe unless they're listed as such.  Even things like the
standard C library on mainstream Linux distributions are only about 7
years into being thread-safe by default, anything at all esoteric you
should assume is not until you investigate and find documentation to
the contrary.