Add note explicitly recommending PyMutex over PyThread_type_lock #72
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Needed because the linked NumPy PR uses `PyThread_type_lock`. Also link to the PR that replaced that with `PyMutex`.
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I think that makes things clearer. Probably worth adding a whole section with a canned example so people don't need to dive through old PR diffs but we can do that later. Also hopefully not that many people need to worry about the guts of thread-unsafe C extensions like this! |
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Needed because the linked NumPy PR uses
PyThread_type_lock. Also link to the PR that replaced that withPyMutex.