Message 160026 - Python tracker

Message160026

Author	pitrou
Recipients	belopolsky, brett.cannon, christian.heimes, eric.snow, grahamd, gvanrossum, loewis, ncoghlan, neologix, pitrou, vstinner
Date	2012-05-05.19:21:00
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> Now, if x and y are executed in separate threads - won't it deadlock? Well, the patch has a deadlock avoidance mechanism, and it includes unit tests for precisely this situation. I cannot promise the algorithm is perfect (although there are a bunch of tests), but it looks correct from here. :)

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> Now, if x and y are executed in separate threads - won't it deadlock?

Well, the patch has a deadlock avoidance mechanism, and it includes unit
tests for precisely this situation.
I cannot promise the algorithm is perfect (although there *are* a bunch
of tests), but it looks correct from here. :)

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-05-05 19:21:00	pitrou	set	recipients: + pitrou, gvanrossum, loewis, brett.cannon, ncoghlan, belopolsky, vstinner, christian.heimes, grahamd, neologix, eric.snow
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2012-05-05 19:21:00	pitrou	create