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[docs] Update documentation for multiprocessing.get_start_method (GH-18170)

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The return value can be ``'fork'``, ``'spawn'``, ``'forkserver'`` The return value can be ``'fork'``, ``'spawn'``, ``'forkserver'``
or ``None``. ``'fork'`` is the default on Unix, while ``'spawn'`` is or ``None``. ``'fork'`` is the default on Unix, while ``'spawn'`` is
the default on Windows. the default on Windows and macOS.
.. versionchanged:: 3.8
On macOS, the *spawn* start method is now the default. The *fork* start
method should be considered unsafe as it can lead to crashes of the
subprocess. See :issue:`33725`.
.. versionadded:: 3.4 .. versionadded:: 3.4