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authorAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2012-05-17 16:55:59 (GMT)
committerAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2012-05-17 16:55:59 (GMT)
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Issue #9260: A finer-grained import lock.
Most of the import sequence now uses per-module locks rather than the global import lock, eliminating well-known issues with threads and imports.
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@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ What's New in Python 3.3.0 Alpha 4?
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #9260: A finer-grained import lock. Most of the import sequence
+ now uses per-module locks rather than the global import lock, eliminating
+ well-known issues with threads and imports.
+
- Issue #14624: UTF-16 decoding is now 3x to 4x faster on various inputs.
Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.