@@ -548,33 +548,35 @@ The :mod:`multiprocessing` package mostly replicates the API of the
548548 base class constructor (:meth: `Process.__init__ `) before doing anything else
549549 to the process.
550550
551- In general, all arguments to :meth: `Process.__init__ ` must be picklable.
552- This is particularly notable when trying to create a :class: `Process ` or
553- use a :class: `~concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor ` from a REPL with a
554- locally defined *target * function.
551+ .. note ::
555552
556- Passing a callable object defined in the current REPL session raises an
557- :exc: ` AttributeError ` exception when starting the process as such as
558- * target * must have been defined within an importable module to under to be
559- unpickled .
553+ In general, all arguments to :meth: ` Process.__init__ ` must be picklable.
554+ This is particularly notable when trying to create a :class: ` Process ` or use
555+ a :class: ` concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor ` from a REPL with a locally
556+ defined * target * function .
560557
561- Example::
558+ Passing a callable object defined in the current REPL session raises an
559+ :exc: `AttributeError ` exception when starting the process as such as
560+ *target * must have been defined within an importable module to under to be
561+ unpickled.
562562
563- >>> import multiprocessing as mp
564- >>> def knigit():
565- ... print("knee!")
566- ...
567- >>> mp.Process(target=knigit).start()
568- >>> Traceback (most recent call last):
569- File ".../multiprocessing/spawn.py", line ..., in spawn_main
570- File ".../multiprocessing/spawn.py", line ..., in _main
571- AttributeError: module '__main__' has no attribute 'knigit'
563+ Example::
564+
565+ >>> import multiprocessing as mp
566+ >>> def knigit():
567+ ... print("knee!")
568+ ...
569+ >>> mp.Process(target=knigit).start()
570+ >>> Traceback (most recent call last):
571+ File ".../multiprocessing/spawn.py", line ..., in spawn_main
572+ File ".../multiprocessing/spawn.py", line ..., in _main
573+ AttributeError: module '__main__' has no attribute 'knigit'
572574
573- See :ref: `multiprocessing-programming-spawn `.
575+ See :ref: `multiprocessing-programming-spawn `.
574576
575- While this restriction is not true if using the ``"fork" `` start method,
576- as of Python ``3.14 `` that is no longer the default on any platform. See
577- :ref: `multiprocessing-start-methods `.
577+ While this restriction is not true if using the ``"fork" `` start method,
578+ as of Python ``3.14 `` that is no longer the default on any platform. See
579+ :ref: `multiprocessing-start-methods `.
578580
579581 .. versionchanged :: 3.3
580582 Added the *daemon * parameter.
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