- cross-posted to:
- python@programming.dev
- cross-posted to:
- python@programming.dev
Meta is dedicating 3 engineers to get the nogil patches into cpython. There are some other companies stepping up as well. This is huge this is the closest we have ever been to solving the issue of the GIL.
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can’t wait to try it out
As a filthy casual, could anyone give me a link or brief summary as to why the GIL should/shouldn’t go away?
The GIL is a thread lock. It prevents threads from accessing the same memory space, eliminating race conditions and more importantly, keeping the reference counters correct so that the python garbage collector can correctly free memory (avoiding leaks)