From 403c6632e6c3bc45309b2b234dc6e2267742b0d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jesse Noller Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:53:22 +0000 Subject: Issue 4593: apply() documentation is unclear --- Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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]]]) -- cgit v0.12