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How to release the GIL inside a numba function through ctypes
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| from ctypes import pythonapi, c_void_p | |
| from numba import autojit | |
| savethread = pythonapi.PyEval_SaveThread | |
| savethread.argtypes = [] | |
| savethread.restype = c_void_p | |
| restorethread = pythonapi.PyEval_RestoreThread | |
| restorethread.argtypes = [c_void_p] | |
| restorethread.restype = None | |
| @autojit | |
| def test_gil(): | |
| threadstate = savethread() | |
| restorethread(threadstate) | |
| test_gil() |
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adding proper arg/res types fixed the issue