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authorMichael W. Hudson <mwh@python.net>2005-04-18 08:46:17 (GMT)
committerMichael W. Hudson <mwh@python.net>2005-04-18 08:46:17 (GMT)
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Fix:
[ 1176893 ] Readline segfault by unsilly-ing PyGILState_Release(). Backport candidate.
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@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ What's New in Python 2.5 alpha 1?
Core and builtins
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+- It is now safe to call PyGILState_Release() before
+ PyEval_InitThreads() (note that if there is reason to believe there
+ are multiple threads around you still must call PyEval_InitThreads()
+ before using the Python API; this fix is for extension modules that
+ have no way of knowing if Python is multi-threaded yet).
+
- Typing Ctrl-C whilst raw_input() was waiting in a build with threads
disabled caused a crash.