Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/V8_3_BR' into ngr/python3_dev

[modules/gui.git] / tools / PyInterp / src / PyInterp_Interp.cxx

diff --git a/tools/PyInterp/src/PyInterp_Interp.cxx b/tools/PyInterp/src/PyInterp_Interp.cxx
index 27703c2a010cf94a6e927a1659d28893d35eb055..1caeece65800fefec8a54e01c1a29c13f06eb593 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/PyInterp/src/PyInterp_Interp.cxx
+++ b/tools/PyInterp/src/PyInterp_Interp.cxx
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ void PyInterp_Interp::initPython()
     PySys_SetArgv(_argc, changed_argv);
 
     PyEval_InitThreads(); // Create (and acquire) the Python global interpreter lock (GIL)
-    PyEval_ReleaseLock();
+    PyEval_SaveThread(); // release safely GIL
   }
 }