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| author | Berker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com> | 2016-01-07 16:45:22 (GMT) |
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| committer | Berker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com> | 2016-01-07 16:45:22 (GMT) |
| commit | 94541f464c053833d79e34e5f42990607b5d7876 (patch) | |
| tree | 08a3e2c16082a759e305435091bfeb543500e6d7 /Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst | |
| parent | 0deaf9ac3020ba094d01816b568b85fdc02c6da9 (diff) | |
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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.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 8575fb5..e369e2b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -901,8 +901,10 @@ 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:: get_all_start_methods() |