[New-bugs-announce] [issue34891] Multi-processing example inaccurate warning

[Anthony Flury]

New submission from Anthony Flury <anthony.flury at btinternet.com>:

On the Multi-processing page <https://docs.python.org/3/library/multiprocessing.html> (just above the reference section) there is a warning that the examples wont work from the interpreter.

This is not entirely accurate in that the examples do work, in the interpreter within Linux (and Mac OS I think), where the O/S supports processes being forked.

In fact it is only in Windows, where a brand new process needs to be started and the source is effectively re-imported is there an issue running the examples in the interpreter.

Should the documentation make this clearer ?

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 327046
nosy: anthony-flury, docs at python
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Multi-processing example inaccurate warning
versions: Python 3.8

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