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[Python-Dev] Compiling without multithreading support -- still useful?

Ethan Smith ethan at ethanhs.me
Wed Sep 6 13:50:11 EDT 2017 
I think this is useful as it can make porting easier. I am using it in my
attempts to cross compile CPython to WebAssembly (since WebAssembly in its
MVP does not support threading).

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:

>
> I made an experimental PR to remove support for threads-less builds:
> https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/3385
>
> The next effect is to remove almost 2000 lines of code (including many
> #ifdef sections in C code).
>
> Regards
>
> Antoine.
>
>
> On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 18:36:51 +0200
> Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > It's 2017 and we are still allowing people to compile CPython without
> > threads support.  It adds some complication in several places
> > (including delicate parts of our internal C code) without a clear
> > benefit.  Do people still need this?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Antoine.
> >
> >
>
>
>
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