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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 3c87bbe..231038e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -2792,20 +2792,20 @@ worker threads rather than worker processes. Unlike :class:`Pool`, *maxtasksperchild* and *context* cannot be provided. - .. note:: + .. note:: - A :class:`ThreadPool` shares the same interface as :class:`Pool`, which - is designed around a pool of processes and predates the introduction of - the :class:`concurrent.futures` module. As such, it inherits some - operations that don't make sense for a pool backed by threads, and it - has its own type for representing the status of asynchronous jobs, - :class:`AsyncResult`, that is not understood by any other libraries. - - Users should generally prefer to use - :class:`concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor`, which has a simpler - interface that was designed around threads from the start, and which - returns :class:`concurrent.futures.Future` instances that are - compatible with many other libraries, including :mod:`asyncio`. + A :class:`ThreadPool` shares the same interface as :class:`Pool`, which + is designed around a pool of processes and predates the introduction of + the :class:`concurrent.futures` module. As such, it inherits some + operations that don't make sense for a pool backed by threads, and it + has its own type for representing the status of asynchronous jobs, + :class:`AsyncResult`, that is not understood by any other libraries. + + Users should generally prefer to use + :class:`concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor`, which has a simpler + interface that was designed around threads from the start, and which + returns :class:`concurrent.futures.Future` instances that are + compatible with many other libraries, including :mod:`asyncio`. .. _multiprocessing-programming: |