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@@ -455,19 +455,10 @@ Python/C API. When they are done, they should reset the thread state
pointer, release the lock, and finally free their thread state data
structure.
-When creating a thread data structure, you need to provide an
-interpreter state data structure. The interpreter state data
-structure holds global data that is shared by all threads in an
-interpreter, for example the module administration
-(\code{sys.modules}). Depending on your needs, you can either create
-a new interpreter state data structure, or share the interpreter state
-data structure used by the Python main thread (to access the latter,
-you must obtain the thread state and access its \member{interp} member;
-this must be done by a thread that is created by Python or by the main
-thread after Python is initialized).
-
-Assuming you have access to an interpreter object, the typical idiom
-for calling into Python from a C thread is
+Beginning with version 2.3, threads can now take advantage of the
+\cfunction{PyGILState_*()} functions to do all of the above
+automatically. The typical idiom for calling into Python from a C
+thread is now:
\begin{verbatim}
PyGILState_STATE gstate;
@@ -481,6 +472,13 @@ for calling into Python from a C thread is
PyGILState_Release(gstate);
\end{verbatim}
+Note that the \cfunction{PyGILState_*()} functions assume there is only
+one global interpreter (created automatically by
+\cfunction{Py_Initialize()}). Python still supports the creation of
+additional interpreters (using \cfunction{Py_NewInterpreter()}), but
+mixing multiple interpreters and the \cfunction{PyGILState_*()} API is
+unsupported.
+
\begin{ctypedesc}{PyInterpreterState}
This data structure represents the state shared by a number of
cooperating threads. Threads belonging to the same interpreter