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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 5cfd42e..e15ff4d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -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 |