Re: [Python-Dev] Pythreads and BSD descendants

2007-08-04 Thread Andrew MacIntyre
Martin v. Löwis wrote: > Cameron Laird schrieb: >> Folklore that I remember so unreliably I avoid trying to repeat it here >> held that Python threading had problems on BSD and allied Unixes. What's >> the status of this? > > The problem that people run into again and again is the stack size. The

Re: [Python-Dev] Pythreads and BSD descendants

2007-08-03 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Cameron Laird schrieb: > Folklore that I remember so unreliably I avoid trying to repeat it here > held that Python threading had problems on BSD and allied Unixes. What's > the status of this? The problem that people run into again and again is the stack size. The BSDs allow for so little stack

Re: [Python-Dev] Pythreads and BSD descendants

2007-08-03 Thread Paul Colomiets
Cameron Laird wrote: > Folklore that I remember so unreliably I avoid trying to repeat it here > held that Python threading had problems on BSD and allied Unixes. What's > the status of this? I suspect the answer is, "Everything works, and the > only real problem ever was that *signals* have diff

Re: [Python-Dev] Pythreads and BSD descendants

2007-08-03 Thread Jon Ribbens
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 04:08:37PM +, Cameron Laird wrote: > Folklore that I remember so unreliably I avoid trying to repeat it here > held that Python threading had problems on BSD and allied Unixes. What's > the status of this? I suspect the answer is, "Everything works, and the > only real

[Python-Dev] Pythreads and BSD descendants

2007-08-03 Thread Cameron Laird
Folklore that I remember so unreliably I avoid trying to repeat it here held that Python threading had problems on BSD and allied Unixes. What's the status of this? I suspect the answer is, "Everything works, and the only real problem ever was that *signals* have different semantics under Linux a