From c0cfeeb24be670b2872080bd1c3e4ea2947ce5ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sam Sneddon Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 17:01:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update documentation for mp.get_start_method --- Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 492f94c30017f0..95ffabc95bd7a2 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -1017,7 +1017,13 @@ Miscellaneous The return value can be ``'fork'``, ``'spawn'``, ``'forkserver'`` or ``None``. ``'fork'`` is the default on Unix, while ``'spawn'`` is - the default on Windows. + the default on Windows and macOS. + +.. versionchanged:: 3.8 + + On macOS, the *spawn* start method is now the default. The *fork* start + method should be considered unsafe as it can lead to crashes of the + subprocess. See :issue:`33725`. .. versionadded:: 3.4