Method acquire

src/pythonrun.rs:115–124

Acquires the global interpreter lock, which allows access to the Python runtime. If the Python runtime is not already initialized, this function will initialize it. See [prepare_freethreaded_python()](fn.prepare_freethreaded_python.html) for details.

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    /// If the Python runtime is not already initialized, this function will initialize it.
    /// See [prepare_freethreaded_python()](fn.prepare_freethreaded_python.html) for details.
    pub fn acquire() -> GILGuard {
        if !cfg!(feature = "no-auto-initialize") {
            crate::pythonrun::prepare_freethreaded_python();
        }
        let gstate = unsafe { ffi::PyGILState_Ensure() }; // acquire GIL
        GILGuard {
            gstate,
            no_send: marker::PhantomData,
        }
    }

    /// Retrieves the marker type that proves that the GIL was acquired.
    #[inline]