multithreading and shared dictionary

[Alex Martelli]

Istvan Albert <istvan.albert at gmail.com> wrote:

> Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote:
> 
> > It's not in Jython nor IronPython and maybe not forever in
> > CPython.
> 
> Whether or not a feature is present in Jython or IronPython does not
> seem relevant, after all these languages emulate Python, one could

Not at all, but rather: these _implementations_ are implementations of
the language Python; no "emulation" is involved at all.

> argue that it only means that this emulation is incomplete.  Same for
> changes way out in the future that may or may not materialize. 

What Python semantics' are is supposedly defined by the (normative)
Language Reference.  "One could argue" anything one wishes, of course,
but the existence of freedom of speech does not necessarily make such
arguments sensible nor at all useful.


Alex