Mercurial > cpython-lru_cache-weakref
diff Doc/api/api.tex @ 8881:febca6b1827d legacy-trunk
Clarify that the Python interpreter lock need *not* be held by
PyInterpreterState_New() and PyThreadState_New() -- but that you may
use it to serialize calls to them.
| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Fri, 07 Aug 1998 18:28:03 +0000 |
| parents | ae3e2eaef9b9 |
| children | 2b34461ba4a3 |
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--- a/Doc/api/api.tex Fri Aug 07 18:07:36 1998 +0000 +++ b/Doc/api/api.tex Fri Aug 07 18:28:03 1998 +0000 @@ -2914,8 +2914,9 @@ interpreter lock has been created. \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyInterpreterState*}{PyInterpreterState_New}{} -Create a new interpreter state object. The interpreter lock must be -held. +Create a new interpreter state object. The interpreter lock need not +be held, but may be held if it is necessary to serialize calls to this +function. \end{cfuncdesc} \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyInterpreterState_Clear}{PyInterpreterState *interp} @@ -2931,7 +2932,8 @@ \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyThreadState*}{PyThreadState_New}{PyInterpreterState *interp} Create a new thread state object belonging to the given interpreter -object. The interpreter lock must be held. +object. The interpreter lock need not be held, but may be held if it +is necessary to serialize calls to this function. \end{cfuncdesc} \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyThreadState_Clear}{PyThreadState *tstate}