[Python-checkins] cpython (merge 3.3 -> default): Merge: starmap/starmap_async for whatsnew, and fix multiprocessing Pool markup.

[r.david.murray]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/ff8aa3d9fefd
changeset:   79558:ff8aa3d9fefd
parent:      79556:1d2b0ff97a62
parent:      79557:69e7a085fa99
user:        R David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com>
date:        Sat Oct 06 22:27:31 2012 -0400
summary:
  Merge: starmap/starmap_async for whatsnew, and fix multiprocessing Pool markup.

files:
  Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst |  4 ++--
  Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst            |  7 +++++++
  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     Functionality within this package requires that the ``__main__`` module be
     importable by the children. This is covered in :ref:`multiprocessing-programming`
     however it is worth pointing out here. This means that some examples, such
-    as the :class:`multiprocessing.Pool` examples will not work in the
+    as the :class:`multiprocessing.pool.Pool` examples will not work in the
     interactive interpreter. For example::
 
         >>> from multiprocessing import Pool
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@
 One can create a pool of processes which will carry out tasks submitted to it
 with the :class:`Pool` class.
 
-.. class:: multiprocessing.Pool([processes[, initializer[, initargs[, maxtasksperchild]]]])
+.. class:: Pool([processes[, initializer[, initargs[, maxtasksperchild]]]])
 
    A process pool object which controls a pool of worker processes to which jobs
    can be submitted.  It supports asynchronous results with timeouts and
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
@@ -1537,6 +1537,13 @@
 time using the appropriate OS primitives (for example, :mod:`select` on
 posix systems).
 
+New methods :meth:`multiprocessing.pool.Pool.starmap` and
+:meth:`~multiprocessing.pool.Pool.starmap_async` provide
+:func:`itertools.starmap` equivalents to the existing
+:meth:`multiprocessing.pool.Pool.map` and
+:meth:`~multiprocessing.pool.Pool.map_async` functions.  (Contributed by Hynek
+Schlawack in :issue:`12708`.)
+
 
 nntplib
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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython