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authorEric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com>2019-11-15 21:28:54 (GMT)
committerMiss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com>2019-11-15 21:28:54 (GMT)
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bpo-38816: Add notes in the C-API docs about fork in subinterpreters. (GH-17176)
The C-API docs are a bit sparse on the interplay between C `fork()` and the CPython runtime. This change adds some more information on the subject. https://bugs.python.org/issue38816
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+Provides more details about the interaction between :c:func:`fork` and
+CPython's runtime, focusing just on the C-API. This includes cautions
+about where :c:func:`fork` should and shouldn't be called.