On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 16:07, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: >> 3. ?? - I'm sure there are other issues that deserve a look. > > What about fairness? I don't know off-hand whether the GIL is > fair, or whether critical sections are fair, but it needs to be > considered.
FWIW, Win32 CriticalSections are guaranteed to be fair, but they don't guarantee a defined order of wakeup among threads of equal priority. -- Tim Lesher <tles...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
