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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-11-22 08:51:39 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-11-22 08:51:39 (GMT)
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#4206: fix 2.xisms in multiprocessing docs and docstrings.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
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--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
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@@ -1447,8 +1447,8 @@ with the :class:`Pool` class.
.. method:: map(func, iterable[, chunksize])
- A parallel equivalent of the :func:`map` builtin function. It blocks till
- the result is ready.
+ A parallel equivalent of the :func:`map` builtin function, collecting the
+ result in a list. It blocks till the whole result is ready.
This method chops the iterable into a number of chunks which it submits to
the process pool as separate tasks. The (approximate) size of these
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ with the :class:`Pool` class.
.. method:: imap(func, iterable[, chunksize])
- An lazier version of :meth:`map`.
+ A lazier version of :meth:`map`.
The *chunksize* argument is the same as the one used by the :meth:`.map`
method. For very long iterables using a large value for *chunksize* can