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authorJust van Rossum <just@letterror.com>2003-05-09 15:01:25 (GMT)
committerJust van Rossum <just@letterror.com>2003-05-09 15:01:25 (GMT)
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Mac
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+- There's a new module called "autoGIL", which offers a mechanism to
+ automatically release the Global Interpreter Lock when an event loop
+ goes to sleep, allowing other threads to run. It's currently only
+ supported on OSX, in the Mach-O version.
What's New in Python 2.3 beta 1?
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