[issue5501] Update multiprocessing docs re: freeze_support

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset f08d4712a055 by Berker Peksag in branch '3.5': Issue #5501: Clarify that invoking freeze_support() on non-Windows platforms has no effect https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/f08d4712a055 New changeset 2902f32d1ae9 by Berker Peksag in branch

[issue5501] Update multiprocessing docs re: freeze_support

Camilla Montonen added the comment: Patch review: 3.X patch: Applied to docs locally in the default branch(3.6). Docs build passes, doc layout has not been broken. Applied to branch 3.5. Docs build passes, doc layout has not been broken. 2.X patch: Applied to docs locally in the 2.7 branch.

[issue5501] Update multiprocessing docs re: freeze_support

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Davin Potts added the comment: Thank you, Winterflower, for the nudge to see this set right. In truth, invoking multiprocessing.freeze_support() has zero effect on platforms other than Windows. This should be reflected in the 2.7 docs as well as the 3.x docs that are still actively being

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Camilla Montonen added the comment: Hi everyone! It has been a while since this issue has been updated. The addition requested by Brandon Corfman is a simple clarification of what happens when the freeze_support function from multiprocessing is called on non-Windows platforms (if I understand

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Sandro Tosi sandro.t...@gmail.com added the comment: 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? -- ___ Python tracker

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Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org added the comment: 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.) --

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Sandro Tosi sandro.t...@gmail.com added the comment: Hello, well it's just 3 words that can clarify the situation, so maybe just add them would be nice Regards, Sandro -- nosy: +sandro.tosi ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue5501] Update multiprocessing docs re: freeze_support

Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org added the comment: I’m assuming this is a feature new in 2.7 and 3.2, please add 3.1 if this is wrong. -- nosy: +d...@python, eric.araujo ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue5501

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Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu added the comment: 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

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New submission from Brandon Corfman bcorf...@fastmail.fm: 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. -- assignee: georg.brandl components:

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