On Jul 26, 8:52 am, is un <israel.unter...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Trying the multiprocessing module for the first time, I spent quite a > bit on making this code run: > > from multiprocessing import Process > import time > > def my_process(): > i = 0 > while 1: > print i > i += 1 > time.sleep(0.5) > > p = Process(target=my_process, args=()) > p.start() > > print 'Process started' > > The result was not what I expected, it seems like the process restarts > all the time, and the message 'Process started' keeps getting > printed... > > Going back to the documentation, I realized that the doc was really > serious about the line: > if __name__ == '__main__' .. which I always ignore, and by changing > the code to > > if __name__ == '__main__': > p = Process(target=my_process, args=()) > p.start() > > print 'Process started' > > the problem was solved. > So my question is what actually happens when I call p.start()? Is the > entry file reloaded under a different module name? > > Thanks > iu2
Ok, I found it, it is nicely documented, I missed it before. Case closed. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list