From c3cd60e764a06a43e8d882748c9265bfa4796aed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Gregory P. Smith ext:(%20%5BGoogle%20Inc.%5D)" Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 05:48:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] issue25931: document that socketserver.Forking* are unavailable on platforms that support os.fork. --- Doc/library/socketserver.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst index af2e25385c..a7c3e3e969 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst @@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ server classes. :class:`UDPServer`. Setting the various attributes also changes the behavior of the underlying server mechanism. + :class:`ForkingMixIn` and the Forking classes mentioned below are + only available on POSIX platforms that support :func:`~os.fork`. + .. class:: ForkingTCPServer ForkingUDPServer @@ -612,3 +615,4 @@ The output of the example should look something like this:: The :class:`ForkingMixIn` class is used in the same way, except that the server will spawn a new process for each request. +Available only on POSIX platforms that support :func:`~os.fork`. -- 2.50.1