Unfortunately, Alan, even though 2.7 was considered pickled, people keep taking it back out of the bottle and wondering why it does not work so well!
There are companies like Microsoft and Samsung that let people know their OS on their devices will no longer be supported with updates and some apps may no longer work if downloaded. And, yet, I bet for years afterwards, people will refuse to upgrade because they don't want to replace equipment or even learn a new slightly different interface. Having said that, I understand many people are stuck for various reasons and are required to use whatever version is officially allowed. For some questions, answers may still be provided. There are some workarounds or even newer packages designed to do what is not otherwise available. But many of us here may not be answering the questions as we have no reason to be able to access the old software or interest. -----Original Message----- From: Tutor <tutor-bounces+avi.e.gross=gmail....@python.org> On Behalf Of Alan Gauld via Tutor Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 4:41 AM To: tu...@python.org Cc: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: [Tutor] Getting a Process.start() error pickle.PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'module'>: it's not found as __builtin__.module with Python 2.7 On 02/09/2024 15:00, marc nicole via Python-list wrote: > Hello, > > I am using Python 2.7 on Windows 10 Others have pointed out that 2.7 is unsupported and has been for many years now. Its also inferior in most respects including its error reporting. If possible you should upgrade to 3.X > from multiprocessing import Process > def do_something(text): > print(text) > if __name__ == "__main__": > q = Process(target=do_something,args=("somecmd") ) > q.start() > # following code should execute right after the q.start() call So what does happen? If you put a print statement here does it execute before or after the error message? It might make things easier to debug(clearer error traceback) if you put the code to create the thread into a separate function? def do_Something(text)... def start(fn): q = Process.... q.start() if __name_.... start(do_something) print('Something here') > But getting the error at the call of Process().start(): > pickle.PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'module'>: it's not found as > __builtin__.module But please show us the full error trace even if its not much. Also check your module naming, is there a possibility you've named your file do_something.py or similar? (I'm guessing the function is what is being pickled?) > anybody could provide an alternative to call the function do_something() in > a separate thread ? Why not just use the Threading module? If it's as simple as just running something in a thread multiprocessing is probably not needed. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - tu...@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list