Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Well, I get the OP's expected result on windows:
C:\dev\python\trunk>PCbuild\python_d t.py Got 'p' of Correct C:\dev\python\trunk>PCbuild\python_d t.py -m Got 'p' of Correct This is easy to explain: on Unix, the forked process has a copy of the memory and reads the last value in the module. But on Windows, the freshly spawned process imports the module, and get the initial value (since it does not enter the "__main__" block). This is documented: http://docs.python.org/dev/library/multiprocessing.html#windows , under "Global Variables". By the way, the Windows way may have some advantages for some uses. Could the same method (start a new interpreter, import modules, copy needed objects), be made available on Unix? ---------- nosy: +amaury.forgeotdarc _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue3792> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
