diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-05-05-12-14-47.gh-issue-99113.-RAdnv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-05-05-12-14-47.gh-issue-99113.-RAdnv.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000000..42e26cb27b6e016 --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-05-05-12-14-47.gh-issue-99113.-RAdnv.rst @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +The GIL is now (optionally) per-interpreter. This is the fundamental change +for PEP 684. This is all made possible by virtue of the isolated state of +each interpreter in the process. The behavior of the main interpreter +remains unchanged. Likewise, interpreters created using +``Py_NewInterpreter()`` are not affected. To get an interpreter with its +own GIL, call ``Py_NewInterpreterFromConfig()``.