From: Jesse Noller Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:20:34 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Bug 5906: add a documentation note for unix daemons vs. multiprocessing daemons X-Git-Tag: v2.7a1~876 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d4792cd84ec3977a754eb670d5272b087885303b;p=python Bug 5906: add a documentation note for unix daemons vs. multiprocessing daemons --- diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 3d24202017..eb5ddff524 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -374,7 +374,9 @@ The :mod:`multiprocessing` package mostly replicates the API of the Note that a daemonic process is not allowed to create child processes. Otherwise a daemonic process would leave its children orphaned if it gets - terminated when its parent process exits. + terminated when its parent process exits. Additionally, these are **not** + Unix daemons or services, they are normal processes that will be + terminated (and not joined) if non-dameonic processes have exited. In addition to the :class:`Threading.Thread` API, :class:`Process` objects also support the following attributes and methods: