Tomaž Šolc <tomaz.s...@tablix.org> added the comment: > We can't do that, it would break existing code.
I would argue that such code is already broken. > What do you mean by helper threads? multiprocessing uses threads behind the scenes to handle queue traffic and such for individual forked processes. It's something I also wasn't aware of until Antoine pointed it out. It also has its own implementation of atfork hooks in an attempt to handle the locking issue. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6721> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
