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authorLarry Hastings <larry@hastings.org>2014-03-16 04:13:56 (GMT)
committerLarry Hastings <larry@hastings.org>2014-03-16 04:13:56 (GMT)
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@@ -582,6 +582,7 @@ code, or when embedding the Python interpreter:
.. index:: module: _thread
.. note::
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When only the main thread exists, no GIL operations are needed. This is a
common situation (most Python programs do not use threads), and the lock
operations slow the interpreter down a bit. Therefore, the lock is not