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Fix bpo-30596: Add close() method to multiprocessing.Process (#2010)

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* Fix bpo-30596: Add close() method to multiprocessing.Process

* Raise ValueError if close() is called before the Process is finished running

* Add docs

* Add NEWS blurb
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@ -598,6 +598,16 @@ The :mod:`multiprocessing` package mostly replicates the API of the
acquired a lock or semaphore etc. then terminating it is liable to
cause other processes to deadlock.
.. method:: close()
Close the :class:`Process` object, releasing all resources associated
with it. :exc:`ValueError` is raised if the underlying process
is still running. Once :meth:`close` returns successfully, most
other methods and attributes of the :class:`Process` object will
raise :exc:`ValueError`.
.. versionadded:: 3.7
Note that the :meth:`start`, :meth:`join`, :meth:`is_alive`,
:meth:`terminate` and :attr:`exitcode` methods should only be called by
the process that created the process object.