Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.010 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'message- id:@post.gmane.org': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:GIL': 0.16; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'releasing': 0.31; 'proceed': 0.33; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'thanks': 0.36; 'hi,': 0.36; 'somebody': 0.38; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.38; 'explain': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'ana': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Ana Marija Sokovic Subject: Python and GIL Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 18:14:36 +0000 (UTC) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 108.71.81.186 (Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0) X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 8 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1369938013 news.xs4all.nl 15881 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52859 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:46523 Hi, Can somebody explain to me how would you proceed in releasing the GIL and whether you think it will have consequences? Thanks Ana