Terry Reedy
2/16/2010 11:01:00 PM
On 2/16/2010 4:37 PM, Doron Tal wrote:
> Is the GIL released during import statement execution when accessing the
> file?
> If not, is it a bug?
> If it is not a bug, or it is here to stay for any other reason, I think
> it should be mentioned in the documentation.
The CPython GIL is a CPython implementation artifact and should not be
mentioned in the language docs (and is not, as far as I know). Were you
thinking of something else? And why this specific feature of its
behavior, whatever it is.
tjr