ForkingMixIn Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for ForkingMixIn:

Public Member Functions
def	collect_children
def	process_request

Static Public Attributes
	active_children = None
int	max_children = 40

Detailed Description

Mix-in class to handle each request in a new process.

Definition at line 401 of file SocketServer.py.

Member Function Documentation

def collect_children

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self)

Internal routine to wait for died children.

Definition at line 408 of file SocketServer.py.

References ForkingMixIn.active_children, and ForkingMixIn.max_children.

    def collect_children(self):
        """Internal routine to wait for died children."""
        while self.active_children:
            if len(self.active_children) < self.max_children:
                options = os.WNOHANG
            else:
                # If the maximum number of children are already
                # running, block while waiting for a child to exit
                options = 0
            try:
                pid, status = os.waitpid(0, options)
            except os.error:
                pid = None
            if not pid: break
            self.active_children.remove(pid)