allow Process name to be unicode python#7571

benjaminp · benjaminp · commit 27cae34bd023 · 2009-12-24T15:19:40.000Z
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def name(self):
 
     @name.setter
     def name(self, name):
-        assert isinstance(name, str), 'name must be a string'
+        assert isinstance(name, basestring), 'name must be a string'
         self._name = name
 
     @property
