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Re:The Changing "Guarantees" Given by Python's Global Interp... by quietbritishjim on Friday November 17, 2023 @11:08AM (#38305462)
Locks are generally very cheap if they're not contended. Of course it's all relative though!
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Re:The Changing "Guarantees" Given by Python's Global Interp... by gnulinux on Friday November 17, 2023 @02:13PM (#38308506)
They're cheap but they're not free. If you do it at literally every single rw operation at runtime, it's going to add up.
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