From: Ben Darnell <ben@bendarnell.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:40:49 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Document the limitations of multi-process mode.
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Document the limitations of multi-process mode.

Closes #65.
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diff --git a/tornado/httpserver.py b/tornado/httpserver.py
index dc6138298..f5d5da67f 100644
--- a/tornado/httpserver.py
+++ b/tornado/httpserver.py
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ class HTTPServer(object):
 
         Since we use processes and not threads, there is no shared memory
         between any server code.
+
+        Note that multiple processes are not compatible with the autoreload
+        module (or the debug=True option to tornado.web.Application).
+        When using multiple processes, no IOLoops can be created or
+        referenced until after the call to HTTPServer.start(n).
         """
         assert not self._started
         self._started = True