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<span id="autogil-global-interpreter-lock-handling-in-event-loops"></span><h1>37.7. <a class="reference internal" href="#module-autoGIL" title="autoGIL: Global Interpreter Lock handling in event loops. (deprecated) (Mac)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">autoGIL</span></code></a> — Global Interpreter Lock handling in event loops<a class="headerlink" href="#module-autoGIL" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-autoGIL" title="autoGIL: Global Interpreter Lock handling in event loops. (deprecated) (Mac)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">autoGIL</span></code></a> module provides a function <a class="reference internal" href="#autoGIL.installAutoGIL" title="autoGIL.installAutoGIL"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">installAutoGIL()</span></code></a> that
automatically locks and unlocks Python’s <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-global-interpreter-lock"><span class="xref std std-term">Global Interpreter Lock</span></a> when
running an event loop.</p>
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<em class="property">exception </em><code class="descclassname">autoGIL.</code><code class="descname">AutoGILError</code><a class="headerlink" href="#autoGIL.AutoGILError" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Raised if the observer callback cannot be installed, for example because the
current thread does not have a run loop.</p>
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<code class="descclassname">autoGIL.</code><code class="descname">installAutoGIL</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#autoGIL.installAutoGIL" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Install an observer callback in the event loop (CFRunLoop) for the current
thread, that will lock and unlock the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) at
appropriate times, allowing other Python threads to run while the event loop is
idle.</p>
<p>Availability: OSX 10.1 or later.</p>
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