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Global start method
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Calling some functions or methods, or creating some objects, will implicitly
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set the global start method to the system's default if it is not already
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set. This can only be done once. Therefore, if you need to change the
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start method, you must do so before calling these functions or methods, or
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creating these objects.
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Python supports several ways to create and initialize a process. The global start method sets the default mechanism for creating a process.
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Several multiprocessing functions and methods, as well as creating some objects, will implicitly
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set the global start method to the system's default, if the global start method is not already
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set. The global start method can only be done once. If you need to change the
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start method from the system default, you must proactively set the global start method
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before calling functions or methods, or creating these objects.
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:class:`Process` and exceptions

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