[Twisted-Python] pending twisted fixes

[Bob Ippolito]

On May 15, 2005, at 7:05 PM, Robin Bryce wrote:

>> On a related note, I wonder how complex it would be to really support
>> multiple threads listening in epoll and requiring each context to  
>> take
>> its locks, so then different contexts could scale in smp.
>>
>
> I thought python's GIL lock made scaling like this for smp  
> impossible ?

No.  epoll isn't Python bytecode, so it can block without holding the  
GIL.

-bob