[Python-Dev] Threading and callbacks - missing documentation

[Thomas Heller]

From: "Tim Peters" <tim.one@comcast.net>
> [Thomas Heller]
> > ...
> > Maybe the Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS and Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS macros
> > could be changed to store the threadstate in a global TLS area for
> > Windows and pthreads platforms?
> 
> The Thread-SIG knew what needed to be done, but nobody had time to do it.
> The only difference now is that nobody remembers what needs to be done, and
> it would consume so much time to reconstruct all the subtleties that-- once
> again --nobody would be left with enough time to do it <wink>.

Time aside, I know that I'm not qualified to implement it, but I
would surely be qualified to use it <wink>.

Thomas