From 94541f464c053833d79e34e5f42990607b5d7876 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Berker Peksag Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 18:45:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Issue #5501: Clarify that invoking freeze_support() on non-Windows platforms has no effect Patch by Davin Potts and Camilla Montonen. --- Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 8575fb50cd4..e369e2b1342 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -901,8 +901,10 @@ Miscellaneous If the ``freeze_support()`` line is omitted then trying to run the frozen executable will raise :exc:`RuntimeError`. - If the module is being run normally by the Python interpreter then - :func:`freeze_support` has no effect. + 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. .. function:: get_all_start_methods()