Python3 Multithreading?

Question

I am trying to understand multi-threading in python3. Does python3 support multithreading? Yes/No. Core Python packages/library used for multi-threading not the 3rd party, and difference between multithreading and multiprocessing.

Multiprocessing? https://docs.python.org/3/library/multiprocessing.html — Federico Baù, Dec 20 '20 at 18:04
@FedericoBaù: That's not multi-*threading*, though it's often useful as a replacement for it. — ShadowRanger, Dec 20 '20 at 18:05
" though it's often useful as a replacement for it." That's excatly why I added it. — Federico Baù, Dec 20 '20 at 18:11
@Samwise thanks for your time, i google but ... https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Python-not-support-multithreading — Zahoor Saleem, Dec 20 '20 at 18:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 20 '20 at 18:05

Obviously yes. That's what the threading and concurrent.futures built-in modules are for (the latter also supports multi-process processing, as does multiprocessing). That said, CPython still has a GIL, so without third-party packages involved (or use of multi-process techniques), you'll only see benefits from threading on I/O bound tasks; CPU bound threads will only run one at a time.

Python3 Multithreading?

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