On 5/8/07, Thomas Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wouldn't multiple interpreters (assuming the problems with them would be > fixed) > in the same process give the same benefit? A separate GIL for each one?
No; numerous read-only and immutable objects (e.g. the small integers, 1-character strings, the empty tuple; and all built-in type objects) are shared between all interpreters. Also, extensions can easily share state between interpreters I believe. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
