> It seems to me that the very simplest move would be to remove global
> static data so the app could provide all thread-related data, which
> Andy suggests through references to the QuickTime API. This would
> suggest compiling python without thread support so as to leave it up
> to the application.
I'm not sure whether you realize that this is not simple at all.
Consider this fragment
if (string == Py_None || index >= state->lastmark ||
!state->mark[index] || !state->mark[index+1]) {
if (empty)
/* want empty string */
i = j = 0;
else {
Py_INCREF(Py_None);
return Py_None;
Py_None here is a global variable. How would you replace it?
It's used in thousands of places.
For another example, consider
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
"Empty module name");
or
dp = PyObject_New(dbmobject, &Dbmtype);
There are tons of different variables denoting exceptions and
other types which all somehow need to be rewritten (likely with
undesirable effects on readability).
So I don't think that this is a simple solution. It's the right
one, but it will take five or ten years to implement.
Regards,
Martin
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