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title: "gh-116167: Allow disabling the GIL with `PYTHON_GIL=0` or `-X gil=0` by swtaarrs · Pull Request #116338 · python/cpython"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/gh-116167-allow-disabling-the-gil-with-python-gil-0-or--x-gil-0-by-swtaarrs-pull-request-116-brk5jgbq9
source_url: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/116338
type: article
source: "Hacker News"
published: 2024-03-11T17:01:26.994Z
updated: 2024-05-09T09:28:05.588Z
tags: ["python", "cpython"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 4
comments: 0
language: en
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# gh-116167: Allow disabling the GIL with `PYTHON_GIL=0` or `-X gil=0` by swtaarrs · Pull Request #116338 · python/cpython

**[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

This post discusses the option to disable the GIL in Python using the PYTHON_GIL environment variable or the -X gil=0 flag. It mentions follow-up issues related to re-enabling the GIL when loading incompatible extensions and disabling the GIL by default. The impact of disabling the GIL on different programs is also mentioned.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/116338>

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