From 7b3c89d88cac53325b30f583643d288426d90789 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jesse Noller Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:56:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] merge r68862 to py3k --- 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 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]]]) -- 2.40.0