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> How much Python code in the wild implicitly depends on the behaviour of the GIL? About as much as depended on Python 2-specific features?

• EdwardDiego 4y ago
  Sure, but the GIL behaviour is inherent to all concurrent (for a given value of concurrent) Python code. And code that could be run concurrently. Removing the GIL would be bloody fantastic, but it's far more involved than 2 to 3.
• seba_dos1 4y ago
  A lot of codebases could be converted from Python 2 to Python 3 with just some fairly mechanical work and light refactoring on top. GIL would be a thing of a completely different magnitude.
  • tinus_hn 4y ago
    It’s so trivial! All that needs to happen is someone else putting in the work. And for free, please!
    • chaosite 4y ago
      2to3 was always available to do that work, for free, yes.