import multiprocessing import multiprocessing.pool class NoDaemonProcess(multiprocessing.Process): """A process that can spawn other processes""" @property def daemon(self): return False @daemon.setter def daemon(self, val): pass # We sub-class multiprocessing.pool.Pool instead of multiprocessing.Pool # because the latter is only a wrapper function, not a proper class. class NoDaemonProcessPool(multiprocessing.pool.Pool): """A multiprocessing pool whose processes can spawn other processes""" Process = NoDaemonProcess def Process(self, *args, **kwds): proc = super(NoDaemonProcessPool, self).Process(*args, **kwds) proc.__class__ = NoDaemonProcess return proc