So you're okay with putting this off till (at least) 3.8? That sounds good
to me, given that I'd like to go on vacation soon.
On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7 December 2017 at 01:50, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> > Sorry to burst your bubble, but I have not followed any of the discussion
> > and I am actually very worried about this topic. I don't think I will be
> > able to make time for this before the 3.7b1 feature freeze.
>> I think that will be OK, as it will encourage us to refactor Eric's
> branch into two distinct pieces in the meantime: exposing any needed C
> API elements that aren't currently visible as
> "nominally-private-but-linkable-if-you're-prepared-to-cope-with-potential-
> instability"
> interfaces, and then a pip-installable extension module that adds the
> Python level API.
>> We won't be able to experiment with ideas like removing GIL sharing
> between subinterpreters that way, but we'll be able to work on the
> semantics of the user facing API design, and enable experimentation
> with things like CSP and Actor-based programming backed by stronger
> memory separation than is offered by Python threads.
>> Cheers,
> Nick.
>> --
> Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia
>
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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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