[Python-Dev] Threading in the Standard Library Tour Part II

[Guido van Rossum]

> > (Season to taste, fix technical inaccuracies.)  I see no reason to
> > mention the GIL, an implementation detail, at all.
> 
> I think it's worth mentioning.  It's absolutely necessary to know all 
> about the GIL when writing an extension that can take advantage of 
> threading or embed Python correctly in a threaded application.

But does that mention beling in a threading *tutorial*?

(In addition, I find that the GIL often causes people to worry
unnecessarily about the GIL.  Sort of like worrying about relativistic
effects when driving a car.)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)