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steeve / python-lz4

LZ4 bindings for python
http://github.com/steeve/python-lz4
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Release GIL #47

Open mrocklin opened 8 years ago

mrocklin commented 8 years ago

Should this library safely release the GIL around compress and decompress calls? This would allow the use of this library in parallel on multiple cores within a single process.

https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/python-cookbook-3rd/9781449357337/ch15s07.html

mrocklin commented 8 years ago

Oh, I see that this has already been implemented in #45

jonathanunderwood commented 6 years ago

https://github.com/python-lz4/python-lz4 is the new project page, with many new updates to functionality, including an implementation of the LZ4 frame standard.