[subinterpreters] Make the PyGILState API compatible with subinterpreters

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#59,956 opened on Aug 21, 2012 57 comments 0 reactions 1 assignee View on GitHub

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topic-C-API topic-subinterpreters type-feature

BPO	15751
Nosy	@mhammond, @jcea, @ronaldoussoren, @ncoghlan, @pitrou, @vstinner, @phsilva, @asvetlov, @ericsnowcurrently, @soltysh, @seberg, @erlend-aasland, @Felk, @h-vetinari

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assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2012-08-21.05:18:00.735>
labels = ['expert-subinterpreters', 'expert-C-API', 'type-feature', '3.10']
title = '[subinterpreters] Make the PyGILState API compatible with subinterpreters'
updated_at = <Date 2022-01-07.18:32:22.492>
user = 'https://github.com/ncoghlan'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2022-01-07.18:32:22.492>
actor = 'vstinner'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['C API', 'Subinterpreters']
creation = <Date 2012-08-21.05:18:00.735>
creator = 'ncoghlan'
dependencies = []
files = []
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issue_num = 15751
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nosy_count = 17.0
nosy_names = ['mhammond', 'jcea', 'ronaldoussoren', 'ncoghlan', 'pitrou', 'vstinner', 'phsilva', 'grahamd', 'asvetlov', 'python-dev', 'eric.snow', 'maciej.szulik', 'seberg', 'erlendaasland', 'felk', 'h-vetinari', 'gabrielhae']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue15751'
versions = ['Python 3.10']

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