> -----Original Message----- > From: pypy-dev-boun...@codespeak.net [mailto:pypy-dev- > boun...@codespeak.net] On Behalf Of Benjamin Peterson > Sent: 14 March 2011 19:29 > To: Timothy Baldridge > Cc: PyPy Dev > Subject: Re: [pypy-dev] Thinking about the GIL > > 2011/3/14 Timothy Baldridge <tbaldri...@gmail.com>: > > They may not be thread-safe, but as far as a program goes, do we > > really care? If I have two threads adding items to the same list, > > should I really be expecting the interpreter to keep things straight? > > What's wrong with forcing the user to lock structures before editing > > them? This is something that Java, and C#, and C++ all require. > > Yes, the Python interpreter should never crash because of user > mistakes. >
C# structures aren't thread-safe, but you can't crash the CLR by using them in a multithreaded manner Ben > > > -- > Regards, > Benjamin > _______________________________________________ > pypy-dev@codespeak.net > http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev _______________________________________________ pypy-dev@codespeak.net http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev
