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Release the GIL when dealing with not Python related things #44

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antaljanosbenjamin opened this issue Jul 4, 2022 · 1 comment
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Release the GIL when dealing with not Python related things #44

antaljanosbenjamin opened this issue Jul 4, 2022 · 1 comment
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@antaljanosbenjamin
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Without releasing the GIL while doing not Python related things (especially IO) using multiple threads can be inefficient. A possible workaround is using multiple processes, but then sharing data requires pickling/unpickling.

This issue is the result of a discussion on Memgraph's Discord server.
@antaljanosbenjamin antaljanosbenjamin added the enhancement enhancement label Jul 4, 2022
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That's a good description, thanks!

@katarinasupe katarinasupe added community community Severity - S3 Severity - S3 Effort - Unknown Effort - Unknown Frequency - EveryTime Frequency - EveryTime Reach - VeryFew Reach - VeryFew labels Feb 27, 2024
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