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Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja
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Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja

by Cody Jackson
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
380 pages
9h 37m
English
Packt Publishing
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PEP 554 – Multiple subinterpreters

PEP 554 was created in September, 2017, and is currently in Draft status. It is projected for inclusion in Python v3.8. This PEP discusses the potential of creating an interpreters module, allowing access to multiple interpreters within the same process.

Multiple interpreters, also known as subinterpreters, have been a feature of Python since version 1.5. While most developers are aware of the normal Python interpreter, either through the interactive Python console or simply by executing code, there is the ability to support multiple, independent interpreters within the same process, and, if needed, within the same thread. The subinterpreters can be switched between by using the PyThreadState_Swap() function. ...

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