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Can two threads get in each others' way if they simultaneously try to mutate a list?

Can two threads get in each others' way if they simultaneously try to mutate a list?

Jun 18th, 2000 08:04
unknown unknown, Aahz Maruch

It depends how they mutate it.  I believe that single builtin functions
(e.g. [].append()) are thread-safe.  OTOH, [].sort() may not be
thread-safe, particularly if you've got user-defined classes on the list
with __cmp__() defined.