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r65864 | jesse.noller | 2008-08-19 14:06:19 -0500 (Tue, 19 Aug 2008) | 2 lines
issue3352: clean up the multiprocessing API to remove many get_/set_ methods and convert them to properties. Update the docs and the examples included.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index 10ccb17..4bbd94c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -290,11 +290,11 @@
A process cannot join itself because this would cause a deadlock. It is
an error to attempt to join a process before it has been started.
- .. method:: get_name()
+ .. attribute:: Process.name
Return the process's name.
- .. method:: set_name(name)
+ .. attribute:: Process.name = name
Set the process's name.
@@ -309,11 +309,11 @@
Roughly, a process object is alive from the moment the :meth:`start`
method returns until the child process terminates.
- .. method:: is_daemon()
+ .. attribute:: Process.daemon
- Return the process's daemon flag.
+ Return the process's daemon flag., this is a boolean.
- .. method:: set_daemon(daemonic)
+ .. attribute:: Process.daemon = daemonic
Set the process's daemon flag to the Boolean value *daemonic*. This must
be called before :meth:`start` is called.
@@ -329,18 +329,18 @@
In addition process objects also support the following methods:
- .. method:: get_pid()
+ .. attribute:: Process.pid
Return the process ID. Before the process is spawned, this will be
``None``.
- .. method:: get_exit_code()
+ .. attribute:: Process.exitcode
Return the child's exit code. This will be ``None`` if the process has
not yet terminated. A negative value *-N* indicates that the child was
terminated by signal *N*.
- .. method:: get_auth_key()
+ .. attribute:: Process.authkey
Return the process's authentication key (a byte string).
@@ -349,11 +349,11 @@
When a :class:`Process` object is created, it will inherit the
authentication key of its parent process, although this may be changed
- using :meth:`set_auth_key` below.
+ using :attr:`Process.authkey` below.
See :ref:`multiprocessing-auth-keys`.
- .. method:: set_auth_key(authkey)
+ .. attribute:: Process.authkey = authkey
Set the process's authentication key which must be a byte string.