Noob thread lock question

Lie Ryan lie.1296 at gmail.com
Thu Dec 3 09:56:19 EST 2009


On 12/4/2009 1:20 AM, Astley Le Jasper wrote:
> When you say don't forget about the GIL, what should I not be
> forgetting? I'm using sqlite and the following:

I mean don't forget that when the GIL is locked, all threads (except the 
current one, and threads waiting on I/O) will not be able to run. In 
your case, you don't have anything to worry about since you're I/O bound.



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