From d4792cd84ec3977a754eb670d5272b087885303b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jesse Noller Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:20:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Bug 5906: add a documentation note for unix daemons vs. multiprocessing daemons --- Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 3d24202017d..eb5ddff5248 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -374,7 +374,9 @@ The :mod:`multiprocessing` package mostly replicates the API of the Note that a daemonic process is not allowed to create child processes. Otherwise a daemonic process would leave its children orphaned if it gets - terminated when its parent process exits. + terminated when its parent process exits. Additionally, these are **not** + Unix daemons or services, they are normal processes that will be + terminated (and not joined) if non-dameonic processes have exited. In addition to the :class:`Threading.Thread` API, :class:`Process` objects also support the following attributes and methods: