Re:No-GIL mode coming for Python
by paulddraper on Saturday July 29, 2023 @01:44AM
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No, I'm saying that the problem you worry about doesn't exist.
The problem -- as you point out -- with 2 -> 3 was that supporting both versions was very difficult. Because Python 2 couldn't run Python 3 code (and vice versa).
And thus libraries existed in awkward states for years.
But GIL can run no-GIL code. Supporting both is no harder than supporting one of those options (the no-GIL one).
The problem -- as you point out -- with 2 -> 3 was that supporting both versions was very difficult. Because Python 2 couldn't run Python 3 code (and vice versa).
And thus libraries existed in awkward states for years.
But GIL can run no-GIL code. Supporting both is no harder than supporting one of those options (the no-GIL one).