on Fri Dec 14 2012, John Zwinck <jzwinck-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
There are many questions and example classes online for dealing with Python's Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) using RAII. I think Boost.Python should provide this functionality, rather than having users who build hybrid C++/Python applications copy-pasting code from various places. I was one of those users recently, and the code I developed to deal with it is now public:
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I welcome any feedback regarding the suitability for inclusion in Boost of this particular code and/or the concepts it implements.
Hi John, I haven't looked at the code but this sounds like a good idea to me. I suggest you post to http://beta.boost.org/community/groups.html#cplussig and/or open a ticket in Trac; it's likely to get more attention from the current maintainers. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing Software Development Training http://www.boostpro.com Clang/LLVM/EDG Compilers C++ Boost