> Write the docs: > > > when two threads simultaneously increment the reference count of the same > > object > > Well, the example sucked. Just synchronize ref count manipulation. > Every OS has locking primitives, and a library exists to deny requests > to block that lock dead. How integral is the GIL to Python? > > > The Python interpreter is not fully thread safe > > Make it so.
Per-thread reference counts do the trick. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
