Sybren Stuvel wrote: > km enlightened us with: >> Is there any PEP to introduce true threading features into python's >> next version as in java? i mean without having GIL. > > What is GIL? Except for the Dutch word for SCREAM that is...
the global interpreter lock, that prevents python from concurrently modifying internal structures causing segfaults. >> when compared to other languages, python is fun to code but i feel >> its is lacking behind in threading > > What's wrong with the current threading? AFAIK it's directly linked to > the threading of the underlying platform. There exist rare cases (see the link from bayerj) where the GIL is an annoyance, and with the dawn of MP-cores all over the place it might be considered a good idea removing it - maybe. But I doubt that is something to be considered for py2.x Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
