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translation.fork\_before
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* **name:** fork\_before

* **description:** (UNIX) Create restartable checkpoint before step

* **command-line:** --fork-before

* **option type:** choice option

* **possible values:**

  + annotate

  + rtype

  + backendopt

  + database

  + source

  + pyjitpl




This is an option mostly useful when working on the PyPy toolchain. If you use
it, translation will fork before the specified phase. If the translation
crashes after that fork, you can fix the bug in the toolchain, and continue
translation at the fork-point.
