Issue #14881: Allow normal non-main thread to spawn a dummy process

Fix suggested by Itay Brandes
2012-05-25 12:57:58 +01:00 · 2012-05-25 12:57:58 +01:00 · 54454e7dc2
parent 2cc7156515
commit 54454e7dc2
1 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/dummy/init.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/dummy/init.py
@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ class DummyProcess(threading.Thread):
    def start(self):
        assert self._parent is current_process()
        self._start_called = True
-        self._parent._children[self] = None
+        if hasattr(self._parent, '_children'):
+            self._parent._children[self] = None
        threading.Thread.start(self)

    @property