<div dir="ltr">Thanks for the context Phil, I do not have an opinion on what would be more useful, proper support for multiple sub-interpreters vs. the free threaded python.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM Phil Thompson <<a href="mailto:phil@riverbankcomputing.com">phil@riverbankcomputing.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 02/04/2025 09:22, Ognyan Moore wrote:<br>
> Hi Phil,<br>
> <br>
> Do you plan on adding support for the free-threaded python that's <br>
> available<br>
> in python 3.13?<br>
> <br>
> Some context, in the free threaded python, the GIL is disabled. The<br>
> feature is in experimental support, but other projects such as numpy <br>
> and<br>
> django already support it.<br>
> <br>
> If there is an experimental build, I would be happy to help test.<br>
> <br>
> Links for more context/reference:<br>
> <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/howto/free-threading-python.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://docs.python.org/3/howto/free-threading-python.html</a><br>
> <a href="https://peps.python.org/pep-0703/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://peps.python.org/pep-0703/</a><br>
<br>
At some point. A lot of preparation is needed first, see...<br>
<br>
<a href="https://github.com/Python-SIP/sip/issues/34" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/Python-SIP/sip/issues/34</a><br>
<br>
This work is needed anyway and is next on the TODO list.<br>
<br>
Then there is...<br>
<br>
<a href="https://github.com/Python-SIP/sip/issues/35" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/Python-SIP/sip/issues/35</a><br>
<br>
Personally I feel that proper support for multiple sub-interpreters will <br>
be more useful.<br>
<br>
Phil<br>
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