Make call of os.getppid() conditional: it is not available on Windows.

2012-07-01 09:47:54 +02:00 · 2012-07-01 09:47:54 +02:00 · 29feb1ffca
parent 3aa0c9dcf3
commit 29feb1ffca
1 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ To show the individual process IDs involved, here is an expanded example::
    def info(title):
        print(title)
        print('module name:', __name__)
-        print('parent process:', os.getppid())
+        if hasattr(os, 'getppid'):  # only available on Unix
+            print('parent process:', os.getppid())
        print('process id:', os.getpid())

    def f(name):