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[Python-Dev] Another 1.6 wish

[Python-Dev] Another 1.6 wishGuido van Rossum guido@CNRI.Reston.VA.US
Wed, 01 Dec 1999 12:32:08 -0500
> My first Python-Dev post.  :-)

Welcome!

> >We had some discussion a while back about enabling thread support by
> >default, if the underlying OS supports it obviously.  

I agree with this.  MacOS seems to be the only OS without threads
these days.

> What's the consensus about Python microthreads -- a likely candidate
> for incorporation in 1.6 (or later)?

What are microthreads?  If you think about threads implemented in the
Python VM instead of in the OS, forget it.

> Also, we have a couple minor convenience functions for Python in an 
> MSDEV environment, an exposure of OutputDebugString for writing to 
> the DevStudio log window and a means of tripping DevStudio C/C++ layer
> breakpoints from Python code (currently experimental).  The msvcrt 
> module seems like a likely candidate for these, would these be 
> welcome additions?

Sure -- send patches.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)



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