Thread Safety — Is dict Thread Safe?

CS Fundamentals

The Question

What does thread safety mean? Is Python's dict thread-safe?

What a Strong Answer Covers

• individual ops safe due to GIL
• "compound ops not safe
• "GIL protects interpreter not user code

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