From: Richard Oudkerk <shibturn@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 11:57:58 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Issue #14881: Allow normal non-main thread to spawn a dummy process
X-Git-Tag: v3.3.0a4~74^2
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=54454e7dc25f8ce5aef87a4faed89aca19067815;p=python

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

Fix suggested by Itay Brandes
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diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/dummy/__init__.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/dummy/__init__.py
index c4933d9ec5..101c3cba4d 100644
--- 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