From e5972a4ae350bce2a0dfd94456462acbf288b6fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Turner <9087854+AA-Turner@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:53:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] GH-109190: Copyedit 3.12 What's New: PEP 684 (GH-109657) (cherry picked from commit e94a2232eac07eb526ec93ef01699513cf9b0fa3) Co-authored-by: Adam Turner <9087854+AA-Turner@users.noreply.github.com> --- Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst index 3bd9081c793b78..3cec67c1e1626e 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst @@ -293,9 +293,11 @@ can be used to customize buffer creation. PEP 684: A Per-Interpreter GIL ------------------------------ -Sub-interpreters may now be created with a unique GIL per interpreter. +:pep:`684` introduces a per-interpreter :term:`GIL `, +so that sub-interpreters may now be created with a unique GIL per interpreter. This allows Python programs to take full advantage of multiple CPU -cores. +cores. This is currently only available through the C-API, +though a Python API is :pep:`anticipated for 3.13 <554>`. Use the new :c:func:`Py_NewInterpreterFromConfig` function to create an interpreter with its own GIL:: @@ -314,8 +316,6 @@ create an interpreter with its own GIL:: For further examples how to use the C-API for sub-interpreters with a per-interpreter GIL, see :source:`Modules/_xxsubinterpretersmodule.c`. -A Python API is anticipated for 3.13. (See :pep:`554`.) - (Contributed by Eric Snow in :gh:`104210`, etc.) .. _whatsnew312-pep669: