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From: Matt Joiner <anacrolix@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:23:52 +1000
Subject: GIL switch interval
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i'm curious as to what can be done with (and handled better) by
adjusting sys.setswitchinterval
i've opened a question on SO for this, that people might find of
interest: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7376776/sys-setswitchinterval-in-python-3-2-and-beyond