On Sep 7, 2005, at 9:11 PM, Greg Ewing wrote: > Andrew Bennetts wrote: > >> I'd call this acquire_gil, or perhaps acquires_gil. >> > > But that's not what it means. The function doesn't > necessarily acquire the GIL itself. > > Maybe there's a better name for it, but it seems > to me it really is the same invariant in both > cases. ensure_gil ? -bob