[SciPy-User] Do NumPy and SciPy release the GIL?

[Robert Kern]

On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:42, cool-RR <cool-rr at cool-rr.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm still a newbie at NumPy/Scipy. I have a question: When I call one of
> SciPy's or NumPy's efficient C routines: Do they release the GIL?

Sometimes. You will have to check the sources of the particular
function in order to determine that.

> Thanks,
> Ram Rachum.
> (P.S. Please put me in the `to` field of any replies.)

If you want this, then you should set your Reply-To: header
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simply subscribe to the lists in which you are asking questions. You
are placing a significant annoyance on those who would donate their
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-- 
Robert Kern

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though it had an underlying truth."
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