[Xapian-tickets] [Xapian] #364: Use the "full" Python thread API

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Wed May 6 07:40:34 BST 2009


#364: Use the "full" Python thread API
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 Reporter:  olly             |       Owner:  olly 
     Type:  defect           |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:       
Component:  Xapian-bindings  |     Version:  1.1.0
 Severity:  normal           |   Blockedby:       
 Platform:  All              |    Blocking:       
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 This bug is essentially "son of #185".

 Most of the issues in that ticket are fixed, but the requirement to run
 Xapian-using code in the main interpreter when using mod_python or
 mod_wsgi remains.

 Mark Hammond gives a good summary of what needs doing for this in
 comment:ticket:185:3 - essentially we would need to use the full Python
 thread API and keep a reference to "our" Python interpreter in thread
 local storage.

 I think doing this won't require modifications to SWIG (though perhaps we
 should ultimately offer a patch to SWIG to provide this as an option) -
 you can override what SWIG uses in the blocking/allowing thread begin/end
 boilerplate, so I think someone "just" needs to write suitable
 replacements which store the interpreter in thread local storage which we
 can plug in to our interface files.

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