signals

[ashleyh]

I've checked with #python-dev and it appears Python 2.7.6 does not call pthread_sigmask on new threads. This is bad news because it means vim's signal handlers could be run on a background thread, in parallel with the main thread (I think...). That is in turn bad news because vim's signal handlers can and do modify global state.

[tarruda]

Its being really painful integrate threads into vim, perhaps we should try to implement multitasking using job control without threading(select-based).

Theoretically, if we write some glue vimscript to handle IPC through job control, we can extend vim with any language, without the complexities that come together with threading

[justinmk]

What about python 3.x? http://docs.python.org/dev/library/signal.html#signal.pthread_sigmask