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What is Python 3.12's free-threaded (no-GIL) build and what changes?

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PEP 703 free-threaded CPython, -X gil=0, and what it means for threading in 2025-26.

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Python 3.13 ships an official free-threaded build (PEP 703, --disable-gil) where the GIL can be disabled so threads run truly in parallel on multiple cores; 3.12 introduced the groundwork behind a flag.

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