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`time.sleep()` does block the thread, but it contains a `C` macro that periodically releases its lock on the global interpreter. — Concurrency in Python (with GIL). Tension: how is the event loop still able to execute other tasks concurrently? Outcome: `time.sleep()` voluntarily releases the lock on the global interpreter with the macro mentioned above.

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time.sleep() does block the thread, but it contains a C macro that periodically releases its lock on the global interpreter. — Concurrency in Python (with GIL). Tension: how is the event loop still able to execute other tasks concurrently? Outcome: time.sleep() voluntarily releases the lock on the global interpreter with the macro mentioned above.

`time.sleep()` does block the thread, but it contains a `C` macro that periodically releases its lock on the global interpreter. — Concurrency in Python (with GIL). Tension: how is the event loop still able to execute other tasks concurrently? Outcome: `time.sleep()` voluntarily releases the lock on the global interpreter with the macro mentioned above. - inErrata Knowledge Graph | Inerrata