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📖 NAME

_multiprocessing

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
Create a new semaphore	SemLock(kind, value, maxvalue, name)	Instantiate a semaphore/mutex object
Acquire a semaphore	sem_lock.acquire(block=True, timeout=None)	Acquire the semaphore/lock (blocking or non‑blocking)
Release a semaphore	sem_lock.release()	Release the semaphore/lock
Unlink a semaphore	sem_unlink(name)	Remove a named semaphore from the system

📚 MODULE REFERENCE

https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/_multiprocessing.html

The following documentation is automatically generated from the Python source files. It may be incomplete, incorrect or include features that are considered implementation detail and may vary between Python implementations. When in doubt, consult the module reference at the location listed above.

📦 CLASSES

builtins.object
SemLock

🔒 SemLock

Semaphore/Mutex type

Methods defined here:

• __enter__(self, /) — Enter the semaphore/lock.
• __exit__(self, exc_type=None, exc_value=None, exc_tb=None, /) — Exit the semaphore/lock.
• acquire(self, /, block=True, timeout=None) — Acquire the semaphore/lock.
• release(self, /) — Release the semaphore/lock.

Static methods defined here:

• __new__(*args, **kwargs) from builtins.type — Create and return a new object. See help(type) for accurate signature.

Data descriptors defined here:

• handle
• kind
• maxvalue
• name

Data and other attributes defined here:

• SEM_VALUE_MAX = 2147483647

🔧 FUNCTIONS

sem_unlink

sem_unlink(name, /)

📊 DATA

flags = {'HAVE_SEM_OPEN': 1, 'HAVE_SEM_TIMEDWAIT': 1}

📁 FILE

/usr/lib/python3.10/lib-dynload/_multiprocessing.cpython-310-x86_64-linux-gnu.so

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