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Add links to discussion of multiprocessing spawn/forkserver feature.

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R David Murray 2013-12-20 17:23:57 -05:00
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@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ necessary, see :ref:`multiprocessing-programming`.
Contexts and start methods
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. _multiprocessing-start-methods:
Depending on the platform, :mod:`multiprocessing` supports three ways
to start a process. These *start methods* are
@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ there may some "leaked" semaphores. (Unlinking the named semaphores
is a serious matter since the system allows only a limited number, and
they will not be automatically unlinked until the next reboot.)
To select the a start method you use the :func:`set_start_method` in
To select a start method you use the :func:`set_start_method` in
the ``if __name__ == '__main__'`` clause of the main module. For
example::