Incorrect documentation for multiprocessing.connection.{Client,Listener}

[JelleZijlstra]

BPO	31965
Nosy	@pitrou, @applio, @JelleZijlstra
PRs	bpo-31965: fix doc for multiprocessing.connection.Client and Listener #4304 [3.6] bpo-31965: fix doc for multiprocessing.connection.Client and Listener (GH-4304) #4321

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title = 'Incorrect documentation for multiprocessing.connection.{Client,Listener}'
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[JelleZijlstra]

https://docs.python.org/3/library/multiprocessing.html#multiprocessing.connection.Client claims that there is an "authenticate" argument, but it does not exist in the implementation (https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py#L487).

[pitrou]

New changeset 1e5d54c by Antoine Pitrou (Jelle Zijlstra) in branch 'master':
bpo-31965: fix doc for multiprocessing.connection.Client and Listener (bpo-4304)
1e5d54c

[pitrou]

New changeset d9c61c2 by Antoine Pitrou (Miss Islington (bot)) in branch '3.6':
bpo-31965: fix doc for multiprocessing.connection.Client and Listener (GH-4304) (bpo-4321)
d9c61c2