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| author | Jesse Noller <jnoller@gmail.com> | 2009-01-22 21:56:13 (GMT) |
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| committer | Jesse Noller <jnoller@gmail.com> | 2009-01-22 21:56:13 (GMT) |
| commit | 7b3c89d88cac53325b30f583643d288426d90789 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 50714ef..6178851 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -1522,7 +1522,9 @@ with the :class:`Pool` class. .. method:: apply(func[, args[, kwds]]) Call *func* with arguments *args* and keyword arguments *kwds*. It blocks - till the result is ready. + till the 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]]]) |