Message 150579 - Python tracker

Message150579

Author	rbcollins
Recipients	jcea, meador.inge, neologix, pitrou, rbcollins, vstinner
Date	2012-01-04.03:25:32
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Normally I advocate very strongly for Python implementation of C accelerated modules, but when the two implementations are not equivalent, having a simpler Python one around does not help anyone (not users, other language implementors etc). True reentrancy is possible but quite hard to achieve. So, FWIW, +1 on just having a C implementation. The dedicated signal thread sounds useful too - it would ease the issues for folk using other parts of the stdlib, and would in principle permit a pure-python RLock to hang around.

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Normally I advocate very strongly for Python implementation of C accelerated modules, but when the two implementations are not equivalent, having a simpler Python one around does not help anyone (not users, other language implementors etc). True reentrancy is possible but quite hard to achieve. 

So, FWIW, +1 on just having a C implementation.

The dedicated signal thread sounds useful too - it would ease the issues for folk using other parts of the stdlib, and would in principle permit a pure-python RLock to hang around.

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2012-01-04 03:25:33	rbcollins	set	recipients: + rbcollins, jcea, pitrou, vstinner, meador.inge, neologix
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