Message 110219 - Python tracker

Message110219

Author	pitrou
Recipients	brett.cannon, ncoghlan, pitrou
Date	2010-07-13.19:05:29
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The import lock is lacking tests that it functions properly. Coming up with a way of checking it was unexpectedly hard. I finally managed to write a script which quite reliably fails if you patch Python/import.c to not take the import lock. The script relies on garbage collection trickery to release the GIL at arbitrary moments. It should probably be converted to an unit test.

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The import lock is lacking tests that it functions properly.

Coming up with a way of checking it was unexpectedly hard. I finally managed to write a script which quite reliably fails if you patch Python/import.c to not take the import lock. The script relies on garbage collection trickery to release the GIL at arbitrary moments.
It should probably be converted to an unit test.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2010-07-13 19:05:32	pitrou	set	recipients: + pitrou, brett.cannon, ncoghlan
2010-07-13 19:05:31	pitrou	set	messageid: <1279047931.75.0.287450849516.issue9251@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2010-07-13 19:05:30	pitrou	create