"""
is_main_process.py

Copyright 2015 Andres Riancho

This file is part of w3af, http://w3af.org/ .

w3af is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation version 2 of the License.

w3af is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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"""
import multiprocessing


def is_main_process():
    """
    Good for wrapping some code sections which you don't want to run during
    the import of a sub-process. Useful for module-level code such as singletons

    :return: True if we're in the main process
    """
    return multiprocessing.current_process().name == 'MainProcess'
