> I've been wondering whether it's possible to release the GIL in the > regex engine during matching.
I don't think that's possible. The regex engine can also operate on objects whose representation may move in memory when you don't hold the GIL (e.g. buffers that get mutated). Even if they stay in place - if their contents changes, regex results may be confusing. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ 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
