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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst index cb3bfed..efa5838 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst @@ -956,11 +956,11 @@ from a C thread is:: /* Release the thread. No Python API allowed beyond this point. */ PyGILState_Release(gstate); -Note that the :c:func:`PyGILState_\*` functions assume there is only one global +Note that the ``PyGILState_*`` functions assume there is only one global interpreter (created automatically by :c:func:`Py_Initialize`). Python supports the creation of additional interpreters (using :c:func:`Py_NewInterpreter`), but mixing multiple interpreters and the -:c:func:`PyGILState_\*` API is unsupported. +``PyGILState_*`` API is unsupported. .. _fork-and-threads: @@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ operations executed by such objects may affect the wrong (sub-)interpreter's dictionary of loaded modules. It is equally important to avoid sharing objects from which the above are reachable. -Also note that combining this functionality with :c:func:`PyGILState_\*` APIs +Also note that combining this functionality with ``PyGILState_*`` APIs is delicate, because these APIs assume a bijection between Python thread states and OS-level threads, an assumption broken by the presence of sub-interpreters. It is highly recommended that you don't switch sub-interpreters between a pair |