Cohabitation with Python and C++: "We solved our problem by redesigning the flow — instead of calling our C++ code directly inside Python, we switched to running our C++ code in a separate process and talking to it via a simple HTTP API. Our multithreading and GIL issues disappeared and became multi-processing issues (where there are much clearer, safer boundaries).
The lesson we learned from this is that multithreading is difficult, even when it looks simple. Python and C++ can play nicely with each other, as long as the C++ call is quick. You can’t let the call into C++ block for too long, as you need to let Python release the GIL occasionally to let other threads run. While it may be possible to solve this problem, we deemed our new multi-process HTTP solution worked great (in fact it probably works better this way), and we didn’t have the time to delve into a solution involving Python’s GIL."
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