gh-116167: Allow disabling the GIL with `PYTHON_GIL=0` or `-X gil=0` by swtaarrs · Pull Request #116338 · python/cpython
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In free-threaded builds, running with PYTHON_GIL=0 or -X gil=0 will now disable the GIL. #116322 and #116329 track follow-up work to re-enable the GIL when loading an incompatible extension, and to...
  • Troy@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    Threading intensifies

    I’m excited about this, even if it is just baby steps. It’s been one of my very few complaints about python, having spent two decades using it.

    I’m hoping that pyside and QThreads can be made to work with noGIL. That would be super sweet. :)