[issue19864] multiprocessing Proxy docs need locking semantics explained

Richard Oudkerk added the comment: >From what I remember a proxy method will be thread/process-safe if the >referent's corresponding method is thread safe. It should certainly be documented that the exposed methods of a proxied object should be thread-safe. -- ___

[issue19864] multiprocessing Proxy docs need locking semantics explained

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[issue19864] multiprocessing Proxy docs need locking semantics explained

New submission from Max Polk: In the docs (both Python 2 and 3) for the multiprocessing module, the Proxy section needs to be explicit about the fact that is does NOT create locks around access to shared objects. Why? Because on the same page, we read about multiprocessing.managers.SyncManag