[issue9600] multiprocessing Pool instantiation crashes on 64 bit 2.6.6rc1 under Windows 7

[cipater]

New submission from cipater <austinvh at gmail.com>:

I'm running 2.6.6rc1 64 bit on Windows 7

I get the following error when I try to instantiate a Pool:

>>> import multiprocessing
>>> p = Pool(processes = 2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "c:\Python26\lib\multiprocessing\__init__.py", line 227, in Pool
    return Pool(processes, initializer, initargs)
  File "c:\Python26\lib\multiprocessing\pool.py", line 84, in __init__
    self._setup_queues()
  File "c:\Python26\lib\multiprocessing\pool.py", line 130, in _setup_queues
    from .queues import SimpleQueue
  File "c:\Python26\lib\multiprocessing\queues.py", line 22, in <module>
    from multiprocessing.synchronize import Lock, BoundedSemaphore, Semaphore, Condition
  File "c:\Python26\lib\multiprocessing\synchronize.py", line 22, in <module>
    from multiprocessing.forking import assert_spawning, Popen
  File "c:\Python26\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line 153, in <module>
    from ._multiprocessing import win32, Connection, PipeConnection
ImportError: No module named _multiprocessing
>>>

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components: Extension Modules
messages: 113864
nosy: cipater
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: multiprocessing Pool instantiation crashes on 64 bit 2.6.6rc1 under Windows 7
type: crash
versions: Python 2.6

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