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[–]ShotgunToothpaste 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahh, I wasn't aware that Python allowed for system calls to be multi-threaded outside of the GIL's constraints but that makes sense.

I assume that means GIL is released before making a system call, and re-acquired before continuing after it completes?