summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Lib/multiprocessing/dummy/__init__.py
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorRichard Oudkerk <shibturn@gmail.com>2012-05-25 11:56:33 (GMT)
committerRichard Oudkerk <shibturn@gmail.com>2012-05-25 11:56:33 (GMT)
commit6a942528ecd0087b91a6c0a5fef5a57b307e7ca9 (patch)
treefc60b6c1bc48f6d90548007a92c719afcc345365 /Lib/multiprocessing/dummy/__init__.py
parent877effc2986ad30ecd5454811b0449bcfe3037f5 (diff)
downloadcpython-6a942528ecd0087b91a6c0a5fef5a57b307e7ca9.zip
cpython-6a942528ecd0087b91a6c0a5fef5a57b307e7ca9.tar.gz
cpython-6a942528ecd0087b91a6c0a5fef5a57b307e7ca9.tar.bz2
Issue #14881: Allow normal non-main thread to spawn a dummy process
Fix suggested by Itay Brandes
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/multiprocessing/dummy/__init__.py')
-rw-r--r--Lib/multiprocessing/dummy/__init__.py3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/dummy/__init__.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/dummy/__init__.py
index 19a3b69..e3b126e 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/dummy/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/dummy/__init__.py
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ class DummyProcess(threading.Thread):
def start(self):
assert self._parent is current_process()
self._start_called = True
- self._parent._children[self] = None
+ if hasattr(self._parent, '_children'):
+ self._parent._children[self] = None
threading.Thread.start(self)
@property