[Twisted-Python] pending twisted fixes

[Robin Bryce]

Ah, thanks Bob. Makes sense now :)

Bob Ippolito wrote:
> 
> On May 15, 2005, at 7:05 PM, Robin Bryce wrote:
> 
>>> On a related note, I wonder how complex it would be to really support
>>> multiple threads listening in epoll and requiring each context to  take
>>> its locks, so then different contexts could scale in smp.
>>>
>>
>> I thought python's GIL lock made scaling like this for smp  impossible ?
> 
> 
> No.  epoll isn't Python bytecode, so it can block without holding the  GIL.
> 
> -bob
>