Will CPython still have a global interpreter lock in 2030
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May 18, 8:00pm: Note that this means a MANDATORY GIL. If you can disable it, then for the purposes of this question, that is identical to if it does not exist.
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This question hasn't really updated on the steering council's decision on PEP 703: https://discuss.python.org/t/a-steering-council-notice-about-pep-703-making-the-global-interpreter-lock-optional-in-cpython/30474

A Steering Council notice about PEP 703 (Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython)
Posting for the whole Steering Council, on the subject of @colesbury’s PEP 703 (Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython). Thank you, everyone, for responding to the poll on the no-GIL proposal. It’s clear that the overall sentiment is positive, both for the general idea and for PEP 7…
How will this resolve if CPython will have both a GIL mode and a GIL-less mode?
@Lorenzo That is a good point. If there is a GIL-less mode, that accomplishes basically all of the motive for removing the GIL, so I would say resolve to NO. I will update title to include the word "mandatory"

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