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[3.10] bpo-45554: Document multiprocessing.Process.exitcode values (GH-30142) #30674

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11 changes: 9 additions & 2 deletions Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
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Expand Up @@ -569,8 +569,15 @@ The :mod:`multiprocessing` package mostly replicates the API of the
.. attribute:: exitcode

The child's exit code. This will be ``None`` if the process has not yet
terminated. A negative value *-N* indicates that the child was terminated
by signal *N*.
terminated.

If the child's :meth:`run` method returned normally, the exit code
will be 0. If it terminated via :func:`sys.exit` with an integer
argument *N*, the exit code will be *N*.

If the child terminated due to an exception not caught within
:meth:`run`, the exit code will be 1. If it was terminated by
signal *N*, the exit code will be the negative value *-N*.

.. attribute:: authkey

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Expand Up @@ -1115,6 +1115,7 @@ Vincent Marchetti
David Marek
Doug Marien
Sven Marnach
John Marshall
Alex Martelli
Dennis Mårtensson
Anthony Martin
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