autoGIL
— Global Interpreter Lock handling in event loopsThe autoGIL
module provides a function installAutoGIL()
that
automatically locks and unlocks Python’s Global Interpreter Lock when
running an event loop.
Note
This module has been removed in Python 3.x.
autoGIL.
AutoGILError
autoGIL.
installAutoGIL
()Install an observer callback in the event loop (CFRunLoop) for the current thread, that will lock and unlock the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) at appropriate times, allowing other Python threads to run while the event loop is idle.
Availability: OSX 10.1 or later.