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authorVictor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>2023-12-06 11:55:58 (GMT)
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gh-108223: Refer to PEP 703 as Free Threading (#112780)
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.. option:: --disable-gil
Enables **experimental** support for running Python without the
- :term:`global interpreter lock` (GIL).
+ :term:`global interpreter lock` (GIL): free threading build.
+
+ Defines the ``Py_GIL_DISABLED`` macro and adds ``"t"`` to
+ :data:`sys.abiflags`.
See :pep:`703` "Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython".