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r68708 | jesse.noller | 2009-01-17 20:45:38 -0600 (Sat, 17 Jan 2009) | 1 line
Resolve issue 4449: AssertionError in mp_benchmarks.py
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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index 72ac38e..fe54f9b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@
It is possible to create shared objects using shared memory which can be
inherited by child processes.
-.. function:: Value(typecode_or_type[, *args, lock]])
+.. function:: Value(typecode_or_type, *args[, lock])
Return a :mod:`ctypes` object allocated from shared memory. By default the
return value is actually a synchronized wrapper for the object.
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@
*typecode_or_type* determines the type of the returned object: it is either a
ctypes type or a one character typecode of the kind used by the :mod:`array`
- module. */*args* is passed on to the constructor for the type.
+ module. *\*args* is passed on to the constructor for the type.
Note that setting and getting the value is potentially non-atomic -- use
:func:`Value` instead to make sure that access is automatically synchronized
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@
attributes which allow one to use it to store and retrieve strings -- see
documentation for :mod:`ctypes`.
-.. function:: Array(typecode_or_type, size_or_initializer[, *args[, lock]])
+.. function:: Array(typecode_or_type, size_or_initializer, *args[, lock])
The same as :func:`RawArray` except that depending on the value of *lock* a
process-safe synchronization wrapper may be returned instead of a raw ctypes