So you're okay with putting this off till (at least) 3.8? That sounds good to me, given that I'd like to go on vacation soon.
On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Nick Coghlan <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7 December 2017 at 01:50, Guido van Rossum <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry to burst your bubble, but I have not followed any of the discussion > > and I am actually very worried about this topic. I don't think I will be > > able to make time for this before the 3.7b1 feature freeze. > > I think that will be OK, as it will encourage us to refactor Eric's > branch into two distinct pieces in the meantime: exposing any needed C > API elements that aren't currently visible as > "nominally-private-but-linkable-if-you're-prepared-to-cope-with-potential- > instability" > interfaces, and then a pip-installable extension module that adds the > Python level API. > > We won't be able to experiment with ideas like removing GIL sharing > between subinterpreters that way, but we'll be able to work on the > semantics of the user facing API design, and enable experimentation > with things like CSP and Actor-based programming backed by stronger > memory separation than is offered by Python threads. > > Cheers, > Nick. > > -- > Nick Coghlan | [email protected] | Brisbane, Australia > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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