Bram Stolk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've implemented, in C, a function that does a lot of I/O, and thus >can block for a long time. > >If I execute this function in my Python script, it does not >relinquish the global interpreter lock, like Python's native >blocking functions do, like I/O funcs, and time.sleep() func. > >How can I have my func release the lock?
http://docs.python.org/api/threads.html is the first hit on searching docs.python.org for "global interpreter lock". It says: """ This is so common that a pair of macros exists to simplify it: Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS ...Do some blocking I/O operation... Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS """ -- \S -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.chaos.org.uk/~sion/ ___ | "Frankly I have no feelings towards penguins one way or the other" \X/ | -- Arthur C. Clarke her nu becomeþ se bera eadward ofdun hlæddre heafdes bæce bump bump bump
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