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| author | Larry Hastings <larry@hastings.org> | 2014-03-15 21:13:56 -0700 |
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| committer | Larry Hastings <larry@hastings.org> | 2014-03-15 21:13:56 -0700 |
| commit | 3732ed24145c1ac77e99bcf85bccda3af095e696 (patch) | |
| tree | 432a243f5f4d9720ec0cc202ee969f6175e450b7 /Doc/c-api/init.rst | |
| parent | b6b6a6d587d267cbad490232d08faebd30fdb7e2 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-3732ed24145c1ac77e99bcf85bccda3af095e696.tar.gz | |
Merge in all documentation changes since branching 3.4.0rc1.
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst index 6439d7f11d..0587e15d9f 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst @@ -582,6 +582,7 @@ code, or when embedding the Python interpreter: .. index:: module: _thread .. note:: + When only the main thread exists, no GIL operations are needed. This is a common situation (most Python programs do not use threads), and the lock operations slow the interpreter down a bit. Therefore, the lock is not |