[issue6147] multithreading.Pool.map() crashes Windows computer

[Jesse Noller]

Jesse Noller <jnoller at gmail.com> added the comment:

Hey Alex; This isn't a bug, or a feature request. On win32, the way 
multiprocessing fakes a fork() is by creating a special subprocess which 
essentially imports and executes the function/process to be run, 
communication is handled through pickling and pipes.

For more information, see:
http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py?
view=markup

Search for "# Windows" in that file, you'll see the basic process we use 
to "fork" on windows. Without a completely different implementation, 
this can not be changed. This probably will not change for some time, as 
such, I'm going to close this issue.

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resolution:  -> wont fix

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