|  | @@ -550,7 +550,9 @@ class AsynPool(_pool.Pool):
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				|  |  |          waiting_to_start = self._waiting_to_start
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				|  |  |          def verify_process_alive(proc):
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				|  |  | -            if proc._is_alive() and proc in waiting_to_start:
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				|  |  | +            proc = proc()  # is a weakref
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				|  |  | +            if (proc is not None and proc._is_alive() and
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				|  |  | +                    proc in waiting_to_start):
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				|  |  |                  assert proc.outqR_fd in fileno_to_outq
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				|  |  |                  assert fileno_to_outq[proc.outqR_fd] is proc
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				|  |  |                  assert proc.outqR_fd in hub.readers
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				|  | @@ -582,7 +584,7 @@ class AsynPool(_pool.Pool):
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				|  |  |              waiting_to_start.add(proc)
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				|  |  |              hub.call_later(
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				|  |  | -                self._proc_alive_timeout, verify_process_alive, proc,
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				|  |  | +                self._proc_alive_timeout, verify_process_alive, ref(proc),
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				|  |  |              )
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				|  |  |          self.on_process_up = on_process_up
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