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The problem with changing the default is that this will break any application that depends on passing non-picklable data to the child process (in addition to the potentially unexpected performance impact).
The docs already contain a significant elaboration on the matter, but feel free to submit a PR that would make the various caveats more explicit:
https://docs.python.org/3/library/multiprocessing.html#contexts-and-start-methods |
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2021-04-30 18:54:13 | pitrou | set | recipients:
+ pitrou, Julian, itamarst, davin, itamarst2, aduncan |
2021-04-30 18:54:13 | pitrou | set | messageid: <1619808853.49.0.0531882696032.issue40379@roundup.psfhosted.org> |
2021-04-30 18:54:13 | pitrou | link | issue40379 messages |
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