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Title: Update multiprocessing docs re: freeze_support
Type: enhancement Stage:
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.2, Python 2.7
process
Status: open Resolution:
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: jnoller Nosy List: asksol, bcorfman, docs@python, eric.araujo, georg.brandl, jnoller, sandro.tosi, terry.reedy
Priority: low Keywords:

Created on 2009-03-17 18:01 by bcorfman, last changed 2010-10-04 18:13 by eric.araujo.

Messages (6)
msg83690 - (view) Author: Brandon Corfman (bcorfman) Date: 2009-03-17 18:01
Indicate in docs whether freeze_support() can be called without issues
on Unix or OS X, so the user knows whether they can have a single code
base that works correctly on all platforms.
msg113203 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-08-07 21:06
I think that question is covered by "If the module is being run normally by the Python interpreter then freeze_support() has no effect."

Jesse, do you think anything more is needed, like '(on any platform)' after 'interpreter', or should be close this?
msg117823 - (view) Author: Sandro Tosi (sandro.tosi) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-10-01 18:44
Hello,
well it's just 3 words that can clarify the situation, so maybe just add them would be nice

Regards,
Sandro
msg117837 - (view) Author: Éric Araujo (eric.araujo) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-10-01 21:16
I’m assuming this is a feature new in 2.7 and 3.2, please add 3.1 if this is wrong.
msg117974 - (view) Author: Sandro Tosi (sandro.tosi) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-10-04 17:47
Sorry Éric, I don't get it: do you mean that the fact that "freeze_support() can be called without issues on Unix or OS X" is a new feature? or I misread it completely?
msg117975 - (view) Author: Éric Araujo (eric.araujo) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-10-04 18:13
Rephrased: Is this relevant for 3.1?

(Bug and doc fixes go into 3.2, 3.1 and 2.7, but here only 3.2 and 2.7 are selected, so I asked if the bugfix/new feature/behavior in question was something new in 3.2 and thus not in 3.1.)
History
Date User Action Args
2010-10-04 18:13:45eric.araujosetmessages: + msg117975
2010-10-04 17:47:37sandro.tosisetmessages: + msg117974
2010-10-01 21:16:25eric.araujosetnosy: + eric.araujo, docs@python
messages: + msg117837
2010-10-01 18:44:33sandro.tosisetnosy: + sandro.tosi
messages: + msg117823
2010-08-31 10:58:25asksolsetnosy: + asksol
2010-08-07 21:06:16terry.reedysetversions: + Python 2.7, Python 3.2, - Python 2.6
2010-08-07 21:06:03terry.reedysetnosy: + terry.reedy
messages: + msg113203
2009-03-29 14:35:53jnollersetpriority: low
2009-03-17 18:03:01jnollersetassignee: georg.brandl -> jnoller
2009-03-17 18:01:43bcorfmancreate