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Re:Let's Remove the Global Interpreter Lock by aidenn0 on Monday August 14, 2017 @11:59AM (#15009619)
I thought the GIL was not held during execution of foreign code in python (at least that was one point given for why the GIL wasn't a big deal in practice).
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Re:Let's Remove the Global Interpreter Lock by dom0 on Monday August 14, 2017 @12:11PM (#15009755)
No, it must be explicitly released. The GIL must be held to invoke almost all Python runtimes (main exceptions: acquiring the GIL, low-level allocator).
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