[issue22006] thread module documentation erroneously(?) states not all built-in functions that do blocking I/O release the GIL

Mark Dickinson added the comment: It's gone. -- resolution: -> fixed stage: needs patch -> resolved status: open -> closed versions: -Python 3.3 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue22006] thread module documentation erroneously(?) states not all built-in functions that do blocking I/O release the GIL

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 855ff9182a07 by Mark Dickinson in branch '3.4': Issue #22006: Remove outdated _thread caveat. Thanks Dan O'Reilly for the report. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/855ff9182a07 New changeset 3b6b905ae229 by Mark Dickinson in branch 'default': Issue

[issue22006] thread module documentation erroneously(?) states not all built-in functions that do blocking I/O release the GIL

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 4f359c631bb0 by Mark Dickinson in branch '2.7': Issue #22006: Remove outdated thread module caveat. Thanks Dan O'Reilly for the report. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4f359c631bb0 -- ___ Python tracke

[issue22006] thread module documentation erroneously(?) states not all built-in functions that do blocking I/O release the GIL

Guido van Rossum added the comment: Not in my wildest dreams could I have expected that that claim would still be in the docs 20 years later. :-) Please get rid of it. -- ___ Python tracker __

[issue22006] thread module documentation erroneously(?) states not all built-in functions that do blocking I/O release the GIL

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: It all depends what you call "I/O". What is true is that not all functions doing system calls release the GIL, AFAIR. If you mean I/O as in actual disk or network I/O then yes, all such functions whould release the GIL. That said, I agree that the statement is

[issue22006] thread module documentation erroneously(?) states not all built-in functions that do blocking I/O release the GIL

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[issue22006] thread module documentation erroneously(?) states not all built-in functions that do blocking I/O release the GIL

Mark Dickinson added the comment: It seems likely that this information is just out of date. But even if there *are* still built-in functions lurking somewhere that don't release the GIL during I/O, the statement in the docs isn't really helpful in finding them. Either way, I'd recommend sim

[issue22006] thread module documentation erroneously(?) states not all built-in functions that do blocking I/O release the GIL

Changes by Dan O'Reilly : -- title: thread module documentation erroneously(?) states not all built-in functions release the GIL -> thread module documentation erroneously(?) states not all built-in functions that do blocking I/O release the GIL ___