On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 00:15:04 -0500 Tim Peters <tim.pet...@gmail.com> wrote: > > More generally, what is the CPython 2.7/3.5 contract regarding (lack of) > > object mutation, and the need for reference counting and synchronization > > via GIL? > > There is no intention to support GIL-free access to any Python objects. So > that's the contract: "All warranties are null & void if you do just about > anything while not holding the GIL".
Actually, accessing a Py_buffer that's been obtained in the regular way (e.g. with PyObject_GetBuffer) is safe even without the GIL. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
