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| author | Jesse Noller <jnoller@gmail.com> | 2009-01-22 21:53:22 (GMT) |
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| committer | Jesse Noller <jnoller@gmail.com> | 2009-01-22 21:53:22 (GMT) |
| commit | 403c6632e6c3bc45309b2b234dc6e2267742b0d5 (patch) | |
| tree | f17f524f108374c8ea3207346aa004c2da6a0965 | |
| parent | 40e841550930e3729597b649814940d4cbeabf18 (diff) | |
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Issue 4593: apply() documentation is unclear
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst | 4 |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index fe54f9b..ee92a7c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -1524,7 +1524,9 @@ with the :class:`Pool` class. .. method:: apply(func[, args[, kwds]]) Equivalent of the :func:`apply` builtin function. It blocks till the - result is ready. + result is ready. Given this blocks - :meth:`apply_async` is better suited + for performing work in parallel. Additionally, the passed + in function is only executed in one of the workers of the pool. .. method:: apply_async(func[, args[, kwds[, callback]]]) |