Issue 14704: NameError Issue in Multiprocessing (original) (raw)

Python Devs,

There is an issue relating to variable lookup using exec from within multiprocessing's fork()-ed process. I'm attempting to use the forked process as a generic remote python shell, but exec is unable to reach variables from within functions. This issue makes it impossible to define a function which uses un-passed variables defined in the remote process.

The simplest way to reproduce the error is:

--- err.py --- from multiprocessing import Process, Pipe

def run_remote(con, name): my_name = name for i in range(2): code = con.recv() exec code

me, he = Pipe() p = Process(target=run_remote, args=(he, "Sono Inglese de Gerrards Cross.")) p.start()

me.send("print my_name") # works

me.send(""" def show_name(): print my_name show_name() # doesn't work """) --- end err.py ---

This program prints: $ python2.6 err.py Sono Inglese de Gerrards Cross. Process Process-1: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/sw/lib/python2.6/multiprocessing/process.py", line 232, in _bootstrap self.run() File "/sw/lib/python2.6/multiprocessing/process.py", line 88, in run self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs) File "err.py", line 7, in run_remote exec code File "", line 4, in File "", line 3, in show_name NameError: global name 'my_name' is not defined

I'm using Mac OSX (10.6.8) and Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Sep 23 2010, 14:05:02) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin

The issue (with the same traceback) also occurs for: Python 2.7 (r27:82500, Sep 29 2010, 15:34:46) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin

Using exactly the same set of exec calls locally results in the correct behavior.

--- noerr.py --- my_name = "Sono Inglese de Gerrards Cross." exec "print my_name"

exec """ def show_name(): print my_name show_name() """ --- end noerr.py ---