GIL

What's the hassle and why should I care?

• PyCon CZ 2016 (slides - PDF, 5.16 MiB)
• PyCon PL 2016 (slides - PDF, 3.94 MiB)

• GILectomy
  • The Gilectomy - Larry Hastings, EuroPython 2016
  • GILectomy repository
• Python's Infamous GIL - Larry Hastings, EuroPython 2015
• In Search of the Perfect Global Interpreter Lock - David Beazley, RuPy 2011
• Embracing the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) - David Beazley, 2011
• An Inside Look at the GIL Removal Patch of Lore (the "Free-threading" patch) - David Beazley, 2011
• Understanding the Python GIL - David Beazley, PyCon 2010
• Inside the Python GIL - David Beazley, 2009
• The GIL code
  • in newest Python: ceval_gil.h
  • in Python 2.7: part of ceval.h