Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!takemy.news.telefonica.de!telefonica.de!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.007 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'andres': 0.09; 'subject:2.7': 0.09; 'subject:module': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python- list': 0.11; 'jan': 0.12; 'systems.': 0.12; '2.7': 0.14; 'windows': 0.15; 'spawn': 0.16; 'subject:skip:m 10': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'obviously': 0.18; 'wed,': 0.18; 'email addr:gmail.com>': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'skip': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'specially': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'feature': 0.29; '[1]': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'unix': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'subject:from': 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'module.': 0.36; 'two': 0.37; 'skip:& 10': 0.38; 'anything': 0.39; 'ability': 0.39; 'explain': 0.39; 'different': 0.65; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'between': 0.67; '2015': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=Qnh9ELU9LU/weebDlbrF7jVvnBQmTyRz8XMHyIAgqa4=; b=sFTjlql4Vqw+JytLNZ+qhkPRDRzFis3KkybfI4Y5U/DAA/DOfuLY5C+D0SLCHR6E7j Gj436bKO+EF6UPbmKmAWJ34PyKrM0VHpakvFi8ulCLZHltqLA7cWtdhR3Wijc9iurD6t 92sPehEIHjsGHcnipztxMyJ3OeAHy+n9K9W2CaZ0vZBFcAPWLgMYwGYYI0RrQOv7ULuh 7hHbuw0Nl2kin6hYYJ7J/cNePv2hX9Y5+wAfQNpdMsVE1WnVvb8aAfb938MpVASzF+jK gA9tjiGdAHnuWAFXSpvcJeP+3CN5y6JGFK53L9npy1kUhCRuNY8/FOP8CYijS2vC5nun n5ZA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.183.24.162 with SMTP id ij2mr3052817obd.18.1422468411452; Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:06:51 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:06:51 -0600 Subject: Re: multiprocessing module backport from 3 to 2.7 - spawn feature From: Skip Montanaro To: Andres Riancho Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1134a7ae5e74b6050dba3c52 Cc: Python X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 37 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1422468414 news.xs4all.nl 2953 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:55834 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:84774 --001a1134a7ae5e74b6050dba3c52 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 7:07 AM, Andres Riancho wrote: > The feature I'm specially interested in is the ability to spawn > processes [1] instead of forking, which is not present in the 2.7 > version of the module. > Can you explain what you see as the difference between "spawn" and "fork" in this context? Are you using Windows perhaps? I don't know anything obviously different between the two terms on Unix systems. Skip --001a1134a7ae5e74b6050dba3c52 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

= On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 7:07 AM, Andres Riancho <andres.riancho@gma= il.com> wrote:
The feature I'm specially = interested in is the ability to spawn
processes [1] instead of forking, which is not present in the 2.7
version of the module.

Can you explain what you= see as the difference between "spawn" and "fork" in th= is context? Are you using Windows perhaps? I don't know anything obviou= sly different between the two terms on Unix systems.

Skip

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