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Master Lock Python Cable Lock Review

Interesting cable lock with features designed for motorcyclists. Removable cable is available in several lengths and it has a vinyl coating to prevent scratching. I discovered the Master Lock Python ...
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Understand Python’s new lock file format

The newly approved Python Enhancement Proposal 751 gives Python a standard lock file format for specifying the dependencies of projects. Here’s the what, why, and when. Python Enhancement Proposal ...
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New Python lock file format will specify dependencies

Human-readable and machine-generated lock file will specify what direct and indirect dependencies should be installed into a Python environment. Python’s builders have accepted a proposal to create a ...

The story of the morning when four identical articles were published | Minimal code to prevent "two things running at once" in Python (file locking)

I leave the daily morning article publication to my PC. In a previous article, I introduced a design that ensures "it only ...
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CPython without a global interpreter lock

PEP 703 ("Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython") was posted back in January, then revised in May. It proposes creating a second build of CPython using a new build configuration ...
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PEP 703: Making the Python global interpreter lock optional

There is a section of the PEP that mentions runtime selection as a goal: This PEP introduces a new build mode (--without-gil) that is not ABI compatible with the standard build mode. The additional ...