gh-87063: Add closed attribute to multiprocessing.Process

Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst

@@ -706,6 +706,12 @@ The :mod:`multiprocessing` package mostly replicates the API of the
        >>> p.exitcode == -signal.SIGTERM
        True
 
+   .. attribute:: closed
+
+      Boolean indicating whether the process has been closed via :meth:`close`.
+
+      .. versionadded:: 3.14
+
 .. exception:: ProcessError
 
    The base class of all :mod:`multiprocessing` exceptions.

Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst

@@ -171,6 +171,15 @@ See the :ref:`JSON command-line interface <json-commandline>` documentation.
 (Contributed by Trey Hunner in :gh:`122873`.)
 
 
+multiprocessing
+---------------
+
+* Add the :attr:`~multiprocessing.Process.closed` property to
+  :class:`multiprocessing.Process` objects to determine whether
+  they have been closed or not.
+  (Contributed by James Roy in :gh:`87063`.)
+
+
 operator
 --------
 

Lib/multiprocessing/process.py

@@ -169,6 +169,13 @@ def is_alive(self):
             _children.discard(self)
             return False
 
+    @property
+    def closed(self):
+        '''
+        Return whether process is closed
+        '''
+        return self._closed
+
     def close(self):
         '''
         Close the Process object.

Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py

@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ def test_close(self):
         p.daemon = True
         p.start()
         self.assertEqual(p.is_alive(), True)
+        self.assertFalse(p.closed)
         # Child is still alive, cannot close
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             p.close()
@@ -665,14 +666,17 @@ def test_close(self):
         p.join()
         self.assertEqual(p.is_alive(), False)
         self.assertEqual(p.exitcode, 0)
+        self.assertFalse(p.closed)
         p.close()
+        self.assertTrue(p.closed)
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             p.is_alive()
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             p.join()
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             p.terminate()
         p.close()
+        self.assertTrue(p.closed)
 
         wr = weakref.ref(p)
         del p

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-22-19-52-15.gh-issue-87063.fR-wJa.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Add the :attr:`~multiprocessing.Process.closed` property to
+:class:`multiprocessing.Process` objects to determine whether
+they have been closed or not.