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Tue Nov 4 07:55:15 EST 2003 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-November/039947.html

>>> Barry Warsaw wrote
> It's just the DB-API that's not thread-safe.  The full blown BerkeleyDB
> API (a.k.a. bsddb3) should be fine.
> 
> It sure is tempting to claim that the lack of DB-API thread-safety for
> BerkeleyDB is a bug and should be fixed for 2.3.*, but I think Greg
> should make the final determination.  If it isn't, then yes, the docs
> need to clearly state that's the case.

At the very least, the test suite should pass on the 23 branch. It currently
hangs or crashes on many/most platforms I've tried it on. If this is because
the test suite is doing multi-threaded things and that Just Won't Work, then
the test suite should be fixed. 

Anthony

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