changeset 86631:7e3e2cfc27db

merge
author Brett Cannon <brett@python.org>
date Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:53:06 -0400
parents 1428659a41b6 (current diff) 687eba0182d7 (diff)
children f3d50720dee0
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diffstat 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst	Fri Oct 25 13:52:46 2013 -0400
+++ b/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst	Fri Oct 25 13:53:06 2013 -0400
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@
 allows it to side-step the :term:`Global Interpreter Lock` but also means that
 only picklable objects can be executed and returned.
 
+The ``__main__`` module must be importable by worker subprocesses. This means
+that :class:`ProcessPoolExecutor` will not work in the interactive interpreter.
+
 Calling :class:`Executor` or :class:`Future` methods from a callable submitted
 to a :class:`ProcessPoolExecutor` will result in deadlock.