Re: [Python-Dev] Approach for constructing Global Variables for Python

2011-01-13 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote: > c) Defining head data structures isn't the hard part, the hard part is > accessing them in a reasonably efficient thread-safe manner. s/head/heap/ Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan   |   ncogh...@gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia __

Re: [Python-Dev] Approach for constructing Global Variables for Python

2011-01-13 Thread Nick Coghlan
a) This is somewhat off-topic for this list (it is more suitable to python-ideas, at best) b) Defining process global singletons and other heap data structures in C and C++ programs is hardly a new idea c) Defining head data structures isn't the hard part, the hard part is accessing them in a reaso

Re: [Python-Dev] Approach for constructing Global Variables for Python

2011-01-13 Thread Ben Finney
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