From 9bc6045842ebc91ec48ab163a9e1e8644231607c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sam Gross Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 13:23:29 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add glossary entry for "free threading" (#119865) --- Doc/glossary.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index 1e5bafce861..ae9949bc286 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -438,6 +438,12 @@ Glossary division. Note that ``(-11) // 4`` is ``-3`` because that is ``-2.75`` rounded *downward*. See :pep:`238`. + free threading + A threading model where multiple threads can run Python bytecode + simultaneously within the same interpreter. This is in contrast to + the :term:`global interpreter lock` which allows only one thread to + execute Python bytecode at a time. See :pep:`703`. + function A series of statements which returns some value to a caller. It can also be passed zero or more :term:`arguments ` which may be used in