gh-87063: Add closed attribute to multiprocessing.Process

[rruuaanng]

• Issue: Expose a way to determine if a process has been closed or not #87063

for example:

import multiprocessing


def f():
    print('hello')
    print('world')

if __name__ == "__main__":
    p = multiprocessing.Process(target=f)
    p.start()
    p.join()

    # In a more context, it's closed
    p.close()
    
    # Currnet context
    # It's thrown a ValueError
    if p.exitcode == 0:
        pass

    # Changed
    if not p.is_closed():
        print(p.exitcode)

[rruuaanng]

It seems that this NEWS error can be ignored.

[picnixz]

More generally, required CI checks must never be ignored except for NEWS missing / issue missing since normal users cannot apply the skip news/issue labels themselves.

[erlend-aasland]

PR author did not listen to feedback. Requesting changes to make this point clearer.

[bedevere-app]

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[rruuaanng]

Sorry for my misunderstanding. I thought it was to change NEWS to what's NEWS, but it was actually to add to it. I'm sorry for that. I've made change :)

[rruuaanng]

Thanks to Bénédikt for taking responsibility for this PR. And, thanks to erlend for pointing out my mistake.👍

[picnixz]

A final nitpick. Concerning the naming of the attribute, I suggested a property + closed but if @gpshead feels that it should be a method + is_closed(), then I'm sorry in advance :) (just recalling that my rationale was that multiprocessing.connection.Connection uses the closed property but I don't know if properties are preferred over true methods when we are just returning a private attribute).

[rruuaanng]

@erlend-aasland Please review them again! :)

[erlend-aasland]

@erlend-aasland Please review them again! :)

I asked some questions on the issue; IMO, they should be clarified before eventually landing this PR. In other words: I believe more discussion and perhaps a larger audience is needed.

[rruuaanng]

Happy New Year, everyone. It's been a long time since the last review. Do we still need to keep this open?