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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst | 8 |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 57a07dc..7588e1d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -1030,7 +1030,13 @@ Miscellaneous The return value can be ``'fork'``, ``'spawn'``, ``'forkserver'`` or ``None``. ``'fork'`` is the default on Unix, while ``'spawn'`` is - the default on Windows. + the default on Windows and macOS. + +.. versionchanged:: 3.8 + + On macOS, the *spawn* start method is now the default. The *fork* start + method should be considered unsafe as it can lead to crashes of the + subprocess. See :issue:`33725`. .. versionadded:: 3.4 |