And Sam Gross has submitted PEP 703 (Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython) to the steering council for consideration for Python 3.13!

https://github.com/python/steering-council/issues/188

https://peps.python.org/pep-0703/

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PEP 703 -- Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython · Issue #188 · python/steering-council

Please consider PEP 703 -- Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython https://peps.python.org/pep-0703/ The PEP has been discussed in threads listed in its Post-History header The PEP w...

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"Thank you, everyone, for responding to the poll on the no-GIL proposal. It’s clear that the overall sentiment is positive, both for the general idea and for PEP 703 specifically. The Steering Council is also largely positive on both. We intend to accept PEP 703, although we’re still working on the acceptance details."

For the general plan, see:

https://discuss.python.org/t/a-steering-council-notice-about-pep-703-making-the-global-interpreter-lock-optional-in-cpython/30474?u=hugovk #PEP703 #Python #GIL #NoGIL

A Steering Council notice about PEP 703 (Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython)

Posting for the whole Steering Council, on the subject of @colesbury’s PEP 703 (Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython). Thank you, everyone, for responding to the poll on the no-GIL proposal. It’s clear that the overall sentiment is positive, both for the general idea and for PEP 703 specifically. The Steering Council is also largely positive on both. We intend to accept PEP 703, although we’re still working on the acceptance details. As we’ve done a few times in the past, we ...

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