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Tip revision: 2e789a1f1d84b343a996e8654590703b5fbdd441 authored by Larry Hastings on 12 September 2015, 16:36:44 UTC
Final touch-ups for the What's New In Python 3.5 document.
Tip revision: 2e789a1
mp_fork_bomb.py
import multiprocessing, sys

def foo():
    print("123")

# Because "if __name__ == '__main__'" is missing this will not work
# correctly on Windows.  However, we should get a RuntimeError rather
# than the Windows equivalent of a fork bomb.

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    multiprocessing.set_start_method(sys.argv[1])
else:
    multiprocessing.set_start_method('spawn')

p = multiprocessing.Process(target=foo)
p.start()
p.join()
sys.exit(p.exitcode)
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