On Jan 5, 2008 6:58 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Guido> What code would break if we loosened this restriction? > > I don't know how much, but I do know I've relied on this behavior before. > (In fact, I've asked about it before.) I guess the counter question to > yours would be, "What would be gained by loosening this restriction"? If > the answer is, "not much", then I don't see why this is even an idle > thought.
It sounds like loosening the restriction would allow Jython to use an implementation that is more efficient when used concurrently. That may not be sufficient reason; Jython apps that need a more efficient concurrent dict could import the ConcurrentHashMap class directly, and CPython apps are out of luck anyway. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
