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| author | Berker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com> | 2016-01-07 16:49:53 (GMT) |
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| committer | Berker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com> | 2016-01-07 16:49:53 (GMT) |
| commit | 6b51ddfa2262ba1883d2c2eceb7fa3afd6a24b5d (patch) | |
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Issue #5501: Clarify that invoking freeze_support() on non-Windows platforms has no effect
Patch by Davin Potts and Camilla Montonen.
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 2c765f5..cab4806 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -751,8 +751,10 @@ Miscellaneous If the ``freeze_support()`` line is omitted then trying to run the frozen executable will raise :exc:`RuntimeError`. - If the module is being run normally by the Python interpreter then - :func:`freeze_support` has no effect. + Calling ``freeze_support()`` has no effect when invoked on any operating + system other than Windows. In addition, if the module is being run + normally by the Python interpreter on Windows (the program has not been + frozen), then ``freeze_support()`` has no effect. .. function:: set_executable() |