PEP 703: Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional

[hugovk (Hugo van Kemenade)]

The steering council has now formally accepted PEP 703:

PEP 703 (Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython) acceptance

(Posted for the whole Steering Council.) As we’ve announced before, the Steering Council has decided to accept PEP 703 (Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython) . We want to make it clear why, and under what expectations we’re doing so. It is clear to the Steering Council that theoretically, a no-GIL (or free-threaded) Python would be of great benefit, and the majority of the community seems in agreement. Threads have significant downsides and caveats, but they are widely adopte…