Misplaced or duplicated function descriptions in the multiprocessing documentation
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Description
Documentation
In the documentation of the multiprocessing module, some public functions of the root module are undocumented but their submodule counterparts are (misplaced information):
multiprocessing.RawValueis undocumented butmultiprocessing.sharedctypes.RawValueis documented;multiprocessing.RawArrayis undocumented butmultiprocessing.sharedctypes.RawArrayis documented;multiprocessing.Poolis undocumented butmultiprocessing.pool.Poolis documented.
And some public functions of the root module are documented but also their submodule counterparts (duplicated information):
multiprocessing.Valueis documented andmultiprocessing.sharedctypes.Valueis documented;multiprocessing.Arrayis documented andmultiprocessing.sharedctypes.Arrayis documented.
Linked PRs
- gh-31482
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Research direction
Start with the multiprocessing documentation page and compare the root-module entries with the sharedctypes and pool sections. Check the corresponding exports in Lib/multiprocessing/context.py, then update the documentation so RawValue, RawArray, and Pool are covered while Value and Array are not duplicated; gh-31482 is listed as a linked PR.
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- python
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- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
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- Estimated time
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- 30/100