More picklability
- Ensure that all arguments to :meth:`Process.__init__` are picklable. This
- means, in particular, that bound or unbound methods cannot be used directly
- as the ``target`` argument on Windows --- just define a function and use
- that instead.
+ Ensure that all arguments to :meth:`Process.__init__` are
+ picklable. This means, in particular, that bound or unbound
+ methods cannot be used directly as the ``target`` (unless you use
+ the *fork* start method) --- just define a function and use that
+ instead.
- Also, if you subclass :class:`Process` then make sure that instances will be
- picklable when the :meth:`Process.start` method is called.
+ Also, if you subclass :class:`~multiprocessing.Process` then make sure that
+ instances will be picklable when the :meth:`Process.start
+ <multiprocessing.Process.start>` method is called.
Global variables