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| 55 | 2.9 <tt class="module">autoGIL</tt> -- | |
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| 65 | The <tt class="module">autoGIL</tt> module provides a function <tt class="function">installAutoGIL</tt> that | |
| 66 | automatically locks and unlocks Python's Global Interpreter Lock | |
| 67 | when running an event loop. | |
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| 70 | <dl><dt><b><span class="typelabel">exception</span> <tt id='l2h-135' xml:id='l2h-135' class="exception">AutoGILError</tt></b></dt> | |
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| 72 | Raised if the observer callback cannot be installed, for example because | |
| 73 | the current thread does not have a run loop. | |
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| 78 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-136' xml:id='l2h-136' class="function">installAutoGIL</tt></b>(</nobr></td> | |
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| 81 | Install an observer callback in the event loop (CFRunLoop) for the | |
| 82 | current thread, that will lock and unlock the Global Interpreter Lock | |
| 83 | (GIL) at appropriate times, allowing other Python threads to run while | |
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