commit f2b7556ef851ac85e7cbf189d1b29fdeb9539b88
author Steve Dower <steve.dower@python.org> Fri Sep 13 17:40:19 2019 +0100
committer Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Fri Sep 13 09:40:19 2019 -0700
tree 9edb116c3709bec6acbadf309788da6d4e8a9771
parent 5b9ff7a0dcb16d6f5c3cd4f1f52e0ca6a4bde586

bpo-38092: Reduce overhead when using multiprocessing in a Windows virtual environment (GH-16098)



https://bugs.python.org/issue38092

Lib/multiprocessing/spawn.py

diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/spawn.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/spawn.py
index 7cc129e..075f345 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/spawn.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/spawn.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 if WINSERVICE:
     _python_exe = os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, 'python.exe')
 else:
-    _python_exe = sys.executable
+    _python_exe = sys._base_executable
 
 def set_executable(exe):
     global _python_exe