Multiprocessing.Manager: fix behavior and doc inconsistencies

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
distributed-systems, documentation

Research direction

Start by reading the linked mp_test.py test file and running it with psutil installed, then inspect the multiprocessing.Manager implementation and documentation it exercises. Done means the demonstrated behavior and the corresponding documentation are consistent, with the relevant tests passing.

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Description

docs stdlib topic-multiprocessing type-bug
BPO 23698
Nosy @applio
Files
  • mp_test.py: Test file for demonstrating the above behaviours. Requires psutil module to be installed.
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title = 'Multiprocessing.Manager: fix behavior and doc inconsistencies'
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