From: Richard Oudkerk Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 11:56:33 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Issue #14881: Allow normal non-main thread to spawn a dummy process X-Git-Tag: v2.7.4rc1~789 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6a942528ecd0087b91a6c0a5fef5a57b307e7ca9;p=python Issue #14881: Allow normal non-main thread to spawn a dummy process Fix suggested by Itay Brandes --- diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/dummy/__init__.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/dummy/__init__.py index 19a3b697c2..e3b126e979 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