Doc/mac/libautogil.tex

   1 \section{\module{autoGIL} ---
   2          Global Interpreter Lock handling in event loops}
   3
   4 \declaremodule{extension}{autoGIL}
   5   \platform{Mac}
   6 \modulesynopsis{Global Interpreter Lock handling in event loops.}
   7 \moduleauthor{Just van Rossum}{just@letterror.com}
   8
   9
  10 The \module{autoGIL} module provides a function \function{installAutoGIL} that
  11 automatically locks and unlocks Python's Global Interpreter Lock
  12 when running an event loop.
  13
  14 \begin{excdesc}{AutoGILError}
  15 Raised if the observer callback cannot be installed, for example because
  16 the current thread does not have a run loop.
  17 \end{excdesc}
  18
  19 \begin{funcdesc}{installAutoGIL}{}
  20         Install an observer callback in the event loop (CFRunLoop) for the
  21         current thread, that will lock and unlock the Global Interpreter Lock
  22         (GIL) at appropriate times, allowing other Python threads to run while
  23         the event loop is idle.
  24
  25         Availability: OSX 10.1 or later.
  26 \end{funcdesc}