Acquiring the global interpreter lock from python

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Is it possible to acquire the global interpreter lock from python code? Or is that purely implemented in the C side?

Don't you dare touch the GIL. – Rafe Kettler Jan 31 '11 at 20:48 — Rafe Kettler, Jan 31 '11 at 20:48

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If your code executes then you have the GIL, no need to acquire it manually.

answered Jan 31 '11 at 20:48

Marek Sapota

Right; there is no need to ever mess with the GIL. – Rafe Kettler Jan 31 '11 at 20:48
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There are times when you need to do transactions (multiple commands without thread-switching). How can I guarantee this if not without explicit acquisition of the GIL? – Asclepius Nov 17 '12 at 01:07
If you can not do this with locks/semaphores or other things from the `threading` module you are probably doing something wrong. – Marek Sapota Dec 07 '12 at 23:01

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