Le Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:28:42 +0900, Arnaud Fontaine <arnaud.fonta...@nexedi.com> a écrit : > Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> writes: > > On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:06:51 +0900 Arnaud Fontaine > > <arnaud.fonta...@nexedi.com> wrote: > >> I suggested the same in my initial email, but I was wondering if > >> there could be any issue by releasing the lock in > >> find_module()/load_module() until the module is actually added to > >> sys.modules. > > > > Well, you are obviously on your own with such hacks. There is a > > reason the lock exists. > > Yes. Actually, I was thinking about implementing something similar to > what has been done in Python 3.3 but for Python 2.7 with a > corser-grain lock. From my understanding of import.c, it should work > but I was hoping that someone with more experience in import code > would confirm:
It's probably possible, but it will be non-trivial and delicate to get right. > Also, if a patch backporting the features from Python 3.3 to import.c > for Python 2.7 would be written, is there any chance it could be > accepted? Definitely not. We generally don't backport any features, especially when the risk is high due to a feature's implementation complexity. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
