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hoodmane opened this issue Jan 31, 2024 · 0 comments
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Allow import of multiprocessing.connection even if _multiprocessing is missing #114807

hoodmane opened this issue Jan 31, 2024 · 0 comments
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Bug description:

Currently if _multiprocessing is missing then from multiprocessing import connection raises an ImportError. It would be nice to delay the error until someone attempts to actually use multiprocessing.

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@hoodmane hoodmane added the type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error label Jan 31, 2024
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gh-114807: multiprocessing: don't raise ImportError if _multiprocessi…
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…ng is missing (#114808)

`_multiprocessing` is only used under the `if _winapi:` block, this moves the import to be within the `_winapi` ImportError handling try/except for equivalent treatment.
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fsc-eriker pushed a commit to fsc-eriker/cpython that referenced this issue Feb 14, 2024
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pythongh-114807: multiprocessing: don't raise ImportError if _multipr…
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…ocessing is missing (python#114808)

`_multiprocessing` is only used under the `if _winapi:` block, this moves the import to be within the `_winapi` ImportError handling try/except for equivalent treatment.
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