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nogil
- Proof-of-Concept Multithreaded Python Without the GIL
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Our Plan for Python 3.13
This might be a dumb question, but why would removing the GIL break FFI? Is it just that existing no-GIL implementations/proposals have discarded/ignored it, or is there a fundamental requirement, e.g. C programs unavoidably interact directly with the GIL? I know that the C-API is only stable between minor releases [0] compiled in the same manner [1], so it's not like the ecosystem is dependent upon it never changing.
I cannot seem to find much discussion about this. I have found a no-GIL interpreter that works with numpy, scikit, etc. [2][3] so it doesn't seem to be a hard limit. (That said, it was not stated if that particular no-GIL implementation requires specially built versions of C-API libs or if it's a drop-in replacement.)
[0]: https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/stable.html#c-api-stability
[1]: https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/stable.html#platform-conside...
[2]: https://github.com/colesbury/nogil
[3]: https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-703-making-the-global-inter...
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Real Multithreading Is Coming to Python
https://github.com/colesbury/nogil does manage to get rid of the GIL, but it's not certain to make it into Python core. The main problem is the amount of existing libraries that depend on the existence of the GIL without realizing it - breaking those would be extremely disruptive.
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[D] The hype around Mojo lang
CPython is also investigating the removal of the GIL (PEP703, nogil). I think requiring the GIL is a wider thing that libraries will need to address anyway. But also, for the same reason as above I'd be surprised if the Modular team thought that saying "you can run all your python code unchanged" was a good idea if there was a secret "except for code that uses numpy" muttered under the breath.
- PEP 684 was accepted – Per-interpreter GIL in Python 3.12
- PEP 703 – Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython
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Python 3.11.0 final is now available
I'm worried about the speedup
My understanding is that it's based on the most recent attempt to remove the GIL by Sam Gross
https://github.com/colesbury/nogil
In addition to some ways to try to not have nogil have as much overhead he added a lot of unrelated speed improvements so that python without the gil would still be faster not slower in single thread mode. They seem to have merged those performance patches first that means if they add his Gil removal patches in say python 3.12 it will still be substantially slower then 3.11 although faster then 3.10. I hope that doesn't stop them from removing the gil (at least by default)
- Removed the GIL back in 1996 from Python 1.4, primarily to create a re-entrant Python interpreter.
- I Tried Removing Python's GIL Back in 1996
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Faster CPython 3.12 Plan
Looks like it's still active to me:
https://github.com/colesbury/nogil/
RustPython
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Encapsulation in Rust and Python
Integrating Rust into Python, Edward Wright, 2021-04-12 Examples for making rustpython run actual python code Calling Rust from Python using PyO3 Writing Python inside your Rust code — Part 1, 2020-04-17 RustPython, RustPython Rust for Python developers: Using Rust to optimize your Python code PyO3 (Rust bindings for Python) Musing About Pythonic Design Patterns In Rust, Teddy Rendahl, 2023-07-14
- FLaNK Stack Weekly 12 February 2024
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RustPython
No.
…and this one is no exception -> https://github.com/RustPython/RustPython/issues/1940
Packages that rely on c dependencies like numpy, etc. only work if you write a custom implementation by hand; the “normal” package flat out doesn’t (and cannot) work.
- Show HN: RustPython for BeOS with W2c2
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Rust is replacing C as the Python back end
The title would be accurate if this project (https://rustpython.github.io/) was becoming the official version of Python.
- RustPython: An open source Python 3 interpreter written in Rust
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Rewrite Sympy in rust
If you absolutely need something comparable to Sympy, then one option might be to figure out how to best call Sympy from Rust. e.g. - RustPython, although it seems like Sympy isn't supported yet - Pyodide, and figuring out how to run it outside of a web browser. Probably also not very easy. - PyPy, and having a pretty simple Python binary for every platform - ...
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Our Plan for Python 3.13
I'm actually rooting for RustPython to reach a level of maturity that we'd just be able to ship apis and stuff with it.... https://github.com/RustPython/RustPython
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Python 11
Good question and it also actual for: python 3.12, RustPython and xonsh binary.
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This Week In Python
RustPython – A Python Interpreter written in Rust
What are some alternatives?
hpy - HPy: a better API for Python
CPython - The Python programming language
mypyc - Compile type annotated Python to fast C extensions
pyodide - Pyodide is a Python distribution for the browser and Node.js based on WebAssembly
numpy - The fundamental package for scientific computing with Python.
tauri - Build smaller, faster, and more secure desktop applications with a web frontend.
Pytorch - Tensors and Dynamic neural networks in Python with strong GPU acceleration
rust-numpy - PyO3-based Rust bindings of the NumPy C-API
python-feedstock - A conda-smithy repository for python.
PyO3 - Rust bindings for the Python interpreter
sbcl - Mirror of Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL)'s official repository
Rhai - Rhai - An embedded scripting language for Rust.