From 673f228f384ebe3125efd7a401fa595e6ca20a42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Heller Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:00:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a note that the buffer can be used with holding the GIL, added a pointer to the patches uploaded to SF, and mentioned that the PEP will probably rejected. --- pep-0298.txt | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/pep-0298.txt b/pep-0298.txt index a2108028b..14fcdba3f 100644 --- a/pep-0298.txt +++ b/pep-0298.txt @@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ Specification is present in the old buffer interface - only a single memory block can be exposed. + The memory blocks can be accessed without holding the global + interpreter lock. + Implementation @@ -151,7 +154,8 @@ Backward Compatibility Reference Implementation - Will be uploaded to the SourceForge patch manager by the author. + An implementation has been uploaded to the SourceForge patch + manager as http://www.python.org/sf/652857. Additional Notes/Comments @@ -201,8 +205,9 @@ Community Feedback implement it, because mmap objects can be closed anytime if not locked, and array objects could resize or reallocate the buffer. + This PEP will probably be rejected because nobody except the + author needs it. -Credits References