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Will -—disable-gil ever be the default that should be targeted by everyone? Or will python have “requires-gil” libraries and “allows-no-gil” libraries?
by andy_xor_andrew 2y ago
Will -—disable-gil ever be the default that should be targeted by everyone? Or will python have “requires-gil” libraries and “allows-no-gil” libraries?
- boristsr 2y agoYeah it will be the default in the future. They laid out their roadmap a while go. It's a long roadmap to allow libraries to update. IIRC it would be default by 3.16 at the earliest. I think there was even a stage where there would be GIL and GILless distributions. https://www.infoworld.com/article/2338862/python-moves-to-remove-the-gil-and-boost-concurrency.html https://www.infoworld.com/article/2338862/python-moves-to-re...