martin@v.loewis.de (Martin v. L=F6wis) writes:
> David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com> writes:
>>> > So you're saying that the callback functions in B acquire the GIL?
>>=20
>> Yes.
>> Ok. What would break if they wouldn't?
All of the places where Q invokes the callback on arbitrary threads it
has started, but which don't hold the GIL.
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