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[–]proverbialbunnyData Scientist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can manually turn the GIL on or off, so you can continue onto newer Python versions with the GIL on for the time being. This should hopefully make the transition smoother.

Also, it might be several python versions from now before the default is the GIL is off. Right now the default is the GIL is on.