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authorakr <akr@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2005-11-20 03:30:47 +0000
committerakr <akr@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2005-11-20 03:30:47 +0000
commita27ce746ad9fd36db1d38d9320fb603f5436052f (patch)
treedcda77bfa8125b490305e95ec42ce7fda64dbdc7 /process.c
parentfbf2bcf37d52fa26304fe1d428bbfddb7d2409c1 (diff)
downloadruby-a27ce746ad9fd36db1d38d9320fb603f5436052f.tar.gz
document that fork doesn't copy other threads
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@9571 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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diff --git a/process.c b/process.c
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@@ -1401,6 +1401,9 @@ rb_fork(status, chfunc, charg)
* of its children or use <code>Process.detach</code> to register
* disinterest in their status; otherwise, the operating system
* may accumulate zombie processes.
+ *
+ * The thread calling fork is the only thread in the created child process.
+ * fork doesn't copy other threads.
*/
static VALUE