https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ff8de16c1017d9b767de8fb884ea1fb19d9ba40c
commit: ff8de16c1017d9b767de8fb884ea1fb19d9ba40c
branch: 3.13
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-isling...@users.noreply.github.com>
committer: encukou <encu...@gmail.com>
date: 2025-07-19T14:58:08+02:00
summary:
[3.13] gh-135730: Clarify multiprocessing.Queue close() documentation
(GH-136803) (GH-136807)
gh-135730: Clarify multiprocessing.Queue close() documentation (GH-136803)
Add a copy of the text from SimpleQueue.close()
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(cherry picked from commit f575588ccf27d8d54a1e99cfda944f2614b3255c)
Co-authored-by: aggshruti99 <aggshrut...@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Petr Viktorin <encu...@gmail.com>
files:
M Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index 529cd5ce03c8c4..92d6bf9a07a30e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -897,8 +897,13 @@ For an example of the usage of queues for interprocess
communication see
.. method:: close()
- Indicate that no more data will be put on this queue by the current
- process. The background thread will quit once it has flushed all
buffered
+ Close the queue: release internal resources.
+
+ A queue must not be used anymore after it is closed. For example,
+ :meth:`~Queue.get`, :meth:`~Queue.put` and :meth:`~Queue.empty`
+ methods must no longer be called.
+
+ The background thread will quit once it has flushed all buffered
data to the pipe. This is called automatically when the queue is garbage
collected.
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