From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 15:53:13 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Added documentation for PyOS_AfterFork().
X-Git-Tag: v2.0b1~1378
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cabbc3be5bd48d4a3e30066e0588a85dd6ebb821;p=python

Added documentation for PyOS_AfterFork().
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diff --git a/Doc/api/api.tex b/Doc/api/api.tex
index faadd2acb2..c7b2d45654 100644
--- a/Doc/api/api.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/api.tex
@@ -1033,6 +1033,13 @@ The result is encoded in the same way as the timestamp returned by
 the standard C library function \cfunction{time()}.
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyOS_AfterFork}{}
+Function to update some internal state after a process fork; this
+should be called in the new process if the Python interpreter will
+continue to be used.  If a new executable is loaded into the new
+process, this function does not need to be called.
+\end{cfuncdesc}
+
 
 \section{Process Control \label{processControl}}