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Stackless still has a GIL. Stackless does not improve threading (as in, the module) - it offers a different method of programming (coroutines) which attempt to side-step the issue, but require non-blocking functions.

jnoller
– jnoller

2009-08-18 16:24:02 +00:00
Commented Aug 18, 2009 at 16:24
What about the new GIL in 3.2?

new123456
– new123456

2011-07-07 01:11:56 +00:00
Commented Jul 7, 2011 at 1:11
Just to add that you don't have a problem/need mutexes/semaphores if only one thread will update the memory. @new123456 it reduces the contention and schedules threads better without hurting single-threaded performance (which is impressive in itself) but it's still a global lock.

Basic
– Basic

2014-01-07 17:45:16 +00:00
Commented Jan 7, 2014 at 17:45

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