Manager documentation unclear about lists and thread safeness

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3/5
Estimated time
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Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by reading the attached example.py and the current Python documentation for Manager objects. Identify where list behavior and thread safety are described, then clarify those points in the relevant documentation. Done means a reader can understand how lists behave and what thread-safety guarantees apply.

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Description

docs topic-multiprocessing type-feature
BPO 20626
Nosy @erlend-aasland
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2014-02-14.14:56:06.403>
labels = ['type-feature', 'docs']
title = 'Manager documentation unclear about lists and thread safeness'
updated_at = <Date 2021-04-04.14:33:26.059>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/IrvinProbst'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2021-04-04.14:33:26.059>
actor = 'erlendaasland'
assignee = 'docs@python'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation']
creation = <Date 2014-02-14.14:56:06.403>
creator = 'Irvin.Probst'
dependencies = []
files = ['34080']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 20626
keywords = []
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['211220', '390190']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['docs@python', 'sbt', 'Irvin.Probst', 'erlendaasland']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue20626'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.3', 'Python 3.4']

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