Why does this launch an infinite loop of new processes?

[Robert Kern]

On 12/22/11 11:24 AM, Robert Kern wrote:
> Just as a further note on these lines, when older versions of setuptools and
> distribute install scripts, they generate stub scripts that do not use a
> __main__ guard, so installing a multiprocessing-using application with
> setuptools can cause this problem. I believe newer versions of distribute has
> this problem fixed, but I'm not sure.

Just checked. No, distribute has not fixed this bug.

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Robert Kern

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