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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 6c43d5fe166..fc3c1134f97 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ Miscellaneous .. function:: freeze_support() Add support for when a program which uses :mod:`multiprocessing` has been - frozen to produce a Windows executable. (Has been tested with **py2exe**, + frozen to produce an executable. (Has been tested with **py2exe**, **PyInstaller** and **cx_Freeze**.) One needs to call this function straight after the ``if __name__ == @@ -1099,10 +1099,10 @@ Miscellaneous If the ``freeze_support()`` line is omitted then trying to run the frozen executable will raise :exc:`RuntimeError`. - Calling ``freeze_support()`` has no effect when invoked on any operating - system other than Windows. In addition, if the module is being run - normally by the Python interpreter on Windows (the program has not been - frozen), then ``freeze_support()`` has no effect. + Calling ``freeze_support()`` has no effect when the start method is not + *spawn*. In addition, if the module is being run normally by the Python + interpreter (the program has not been frozen), then ``freeze_support()`` + has no effect. .. function:: get_all_start_methods() @@ -1369,6 +1369,12 @@ object -- see :ref:`multiprocessing-managers`. A solitary difference from its close analog exists: its ``acquire`` method's first argument is named *block*, as is consistent with :meth:`Lock.acquire`. + .. method:: locked() + + Return a boolean indicating whether this object is locked right now. + + .. versionadded:: 3.14 + .. note:: On macOS, this is indistinguishable from :class:`Semaphore` because ``sem_getvalue()`` is not implemented on that platform. @@ -1521,6 +1527,12 @@ object -- see :ref:`multiprocessing-managers`. A solitary difference from its close analog exists: its ``acquire`` method's first argument is named *block*, as is consistent with :meth:`Lock.acquire`. + .. method:: locked() + + Return a boolean indicating whether this object is locked right now. + + .. versionadded:: 3.14 + .. note:: On macOS, ``sem_timedwait`` is unsupported, so calling ``acquire()`` with |