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author | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2008-10-04 22:00:42 (GMT) |
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committer | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2008-10-04 22:00:42 (GMT) |
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r66670 | georg.brandl | 2008-09-28 15:01:36 -0500 (Sun, 28 Sep 2008) | 2 lines
Don't show version in title.
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r66681 | georg.brandl | 2008-09-29 11:51:35 -0500 (Mon, 29 Sep 2008) | 2 lines
Update nasm location.
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r66688 | jesse.noller | 2008-09-29 19:15:45 -0500 (Mon, 29 Sep 2008) | 2 lines
issue3770: if SEM_OPEN is 0, disable the mp.synchronize module, rev. Nick Coghlan, Damien Miller
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r66696 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-09-30 07:31:07 -0500 (Tue, 30 Sep 2008) | 1 line
Edits, and add markup
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r66697 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-09-30 08:00:34 -0500 (Tue, 30 Sep 2008) | 1 line
Markup fix
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r66698 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-09-30 08:00:51 -0500 (Tue, 30 Sep 2008) | 1 line
Markup fixes
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r66699 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-09-30 08:01:46 -0500 (Tue, 30 Sep 2008) | 1 line
Markup fixes. (optparse.rst probably needs an entire revision pass.)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 7badbc3..d91c823 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ to this, the :mod:`multiprocessing` module allows the programmer to fully leverage multiple processors on a given machine. It runs on both Unix and Windows. +.. warning:: + + Some of this package's functionality requires a functioning shared semaphore + implementation on the host operating system. Without one, the + :mod:`multiprocessing.synchronize` module will be disabled, and attempts to + import it will result in an :exc:`ImportError`. See + :issue:`3770` for additional information. The :class:`Process` class ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |