From: Jesse Noller Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:56:13 +0000 (+0000) Subject: merge r68862 to py3k X-Git-Tag: v3.1a1~429 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7b3c89d88cac53325b30f583643d288426d90789;p=python merge r68862 to py3k --- diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 50714ef882..6178851571 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]]])