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| author | Éric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org> | 2014-03-12 19:51:50 -0400 |
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| committer | Éric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org> | 2014-03-12 19:51:50 -0400 |
| commit | abdc16ee1bb9819ecc6500a8f1d8720fc2072643 (patch) | |
| tree | 6a51cc8277861c729d6d72e75b29a76e504fe7a8 /Doc/c-api/init.rst | |
| parent | 8546e226bd0b6332ea5af551b9bbd74c2707a3ea (diff) | |
| parent | fa5e6e4773ea959a7cc354d54c50df507cf005c3 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-abdc16ee1bb9819ecc6500a8f1d8720fc2072643.tar.gz | |
Merge 3.3 (#16805)
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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 |