# PEP 805: Safe Parallel Python

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-805-safe-parallel-python/108670>\
**Category:** PEPs\
**Created:** [August 20, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-805-safe-parallel-python/108670 "2026-08-20T16:45:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-805-safe-parallel-python/108670/66 "2026-08-27T04:26:28Z")

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> [@bwoodsend](#):
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> I’m glad it’s not just me who thinks this _best practice_ of smothering everything in locks to the detriment of everybody who was using it as intended is bonkers…

Personally I wish we’d stuck with the GIL. Everything was simpler.

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