[C++-sig] boost::python and threads

[Thomas Berg]

Hi,

On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Paul Scruby<paul at gingernut.tv> wrote:
> I am having some problems using boost::python with boost::thread.  I'm using
> threads because I want to run some tasks in the background when I'm using
> the Python's interactive shell.  However, when I use get_override() to call
> a Python method from  another boost::thread it crashes internally.  For
> example:
>

>
> Have a missed a trick using the wrapper, or does boost::python not support
> threading?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Paul

Short answer: boost::python does not support threading. There is more
information here, and a few interesting links (with partial
solutions): http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_39_0/libs/python/todo.html#full-threading-support

Hope this helps,
Thomas