FAQ: Why do the bodies of functions show as executed, but the def lines do not? - Solution: spawn a new process

[GadiZimerman]

from multiprocessing import Process, set_start_method

set_start_method("spawn")
process_cov = Process(target=calc_report_coverage, args=(...))
process_cov.start()
process_cov.join()

[nedbat]

I think you are suggesting that we add this to the FAQ? This seems like a not-great way to solve the problem. Why not use the coverage run command to run coverage and measure all the code? Or maybe I've misunderstood what you are suggesting?