[Python-ideas] PEP 554: Stdlib Module to Support Multiple Interpreters in Python Code

[Eric Snow]

On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 7:52 AM, Koos Zevenhoven <k7hoven at gmail.com> wrote:
> I assume the concept of a main interpreter is inherited from the previous
> levels of support in the C API, but what exactly is the significance of
> being "the main interpreter"? Instead, could they just all be
> subinterpreters of the same Python process (or whatever the right wording
> would be)?
>
> It might also be helpful if the PEP had a short description of what are
> considered subinterpreters and how they differ from threads of the same
> interpreter [*]. Currently, the PEP seems to rely heavily on knowledge of
> the previously available concepts. However, as this would be a new module, I
> don't think there's any need to blindly copy the previous design, regardless
> of how well the design may have served its purpose at the time.

I've updated the PEP to be more instructive.  I've also dropped the
"get_main()" function from the PEP.

-eric