[Numpy-discussion] Python global interpreter lock ...

[Andrew P. L. Jr. <bs...@al...>]

I have been digging into Python threading and was curious as to whether 
I'm going to run into problems using Python threads with numpy.

So, my questions are:

1) Does numpy (or numarray) release the Python GIL?
2) If not, why not?  Is this simply something I could fix by making the 
changes myself, or are there larger reasons for not releasing the GIL?

Thanks,
-a