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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2013-12-20 22:23:57 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2013-12-20 22:23:57 (GMT) |
| commit | ac186221267a1e63de017fa96d61e181632a3a60 (patch) | |
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Add links to discussion of multiprocessing spawn/forkserver feature.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 2c44dc9..a8872e7 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ necessary, see :ref:`multiprocessing-programming`. Contexts and start methods ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.. _multiprocessing-start-methods: + Depending on the platform, :mod:`multiprocessing` supports three ways to start a process. These *start methods* are @@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ there may some "leaked" semaphores. (Unlinking the named semaphores is a serious matter since the system allows only a limited number, and they will not be automatically unlinked until the next reboot.) -To select the a start method you use the :func:`set_start_method` in +To select a start method you use the :func:`set_start_method` in the ``if __name__ == '__main__'`` clause of the main module. For example:: |