[issue3027] if extended c module is calling Windows API waitForSingleObject, it will block other thread.

Changes by Georg Brandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -- resolution: -> works for me status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ _

[issue3027] if extended c module is calling Windows API waitForSingleObject, it will block other thread.

patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Yes, after wrapping the calling to block operation with marco Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS and Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS, that issue is gone. Thank you. ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[issue3027] if extended c module is calling Windows API waitForSingleObject, it will block other thread.

Thomas Herve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: You have to release the GIL. See http://docs.python.org/api/threads.html for some information. -- nosy: +therve ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _

[issue3027] if extended c module is calling Windows API waitForSingleObject, it will block other thread.

New submission from patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: The c extend module is as the attached file "WindowsFuncs.cpp", it wraps some Windows event APIs The python script is as the attached file "test.py", run that script, we could find in the new thread, the calling to Windows API waitForSingleObje