New submission from Mick Phillips: multiprocessing.Process.is_alive() returns True for processes that have been killed. See attached for example.
Workaround: also test against psutils.pid_exists. ---------- components: Windows files: alive.py messages: 298724 nosy: davin, mickp, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: multiprocessing.Process.is_alive can show True for dead processes versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.5 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file47028/alive.py _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue30976> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com