multiprocessing should log a warning when forking multithreaded process

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

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the multiprocessing fork path and its warning-related tests, then determine how multithreaded parents are detected. Done means the relevant case emits a warning without changing other fork behavior and the behavior is covered by tests.

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Description

stdlib topic-multiprocessing type-feature
BPO 24512
Nosy @applio

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assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2015-06-25.18:19:54.174>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = 'multiprocessing should log a warning when forking multithreaded process'
updated_at = <Date 2015-06-28.01:08:09.370>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/trcarden'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2015-06-28.01:08:09.370>
actor = 'ned.deily'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2015-06-25.18:19:54.174>
creator = 'trcarden'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 24512
keywords = []
message_count = 1.0
messages = ['245825']
nosy_count = 3.0
nosy_names = ['sbt', 'davin', 'trcarden']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue24512'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.4', 'Python 3.5', 'Python 3.6']

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