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| author | brian.quinlan <devnull@localhost> | 2009-10-25 04:35:58 +0000 |
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| committer | brian.quinlan <devnull@localhost> | 2009-10-25 04:35:58 +0000 |
| commit | e80dcb9e46dd349541fca90268c7aefd6da66356 (patch) | |
| tree | e7fc290c17d2493cbe991b056b435e35b11b1a6a /docs | |
| parent | 0beb754040c1e2807f1bdef0ccf6676ce2572efb (diff) | |
| download | futures-e80dcb9e46dd349541fca90268c7aefd6da66356.tar.gz | |
Updated the PEP to include ProcessPoolExecutor
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diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 323096d..cb51ae9 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -120,12 +120,11 @@ ThreadPoolExecutor Example ProcessPoolExecutor Objects --------------------------- -The :class:`ProcessPoolExecutor` class is an **experimental** :class:`Executor` -subclass that uses a pool of processes to execute calls asynchronously. There -are situations where it can deadlock. :class:`ProcessPoolExecutor` uses the -:mod:`multiprocessing` module, which allows it to side-step the -:term:`Global Interpreter Lock` but also means that only picklable objects can -be executed and returned. +The :class:`ProcessPoolExecutor` class is an :class:`Executor` subclass that +uses a pool of processes to execute calls asynchronously. +:class:`ProcessPoolExecutor` uses the :mod:`multiprocessing` module, which +allows it to side-step the :term:`Global Interpreter Lock` but also means that +only picklable objects can be executed and returned. .. class:: ProcessPoolExecutor(max_processes=None) |