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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:32:08 -0800
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On 11/21/2013 01:49 PM, John Ladasky wrote:
>
> So now, for anyone who is still reading this: is it your
> opinion that the traceback that I obtained through
>  multiprocessing.pool._map_async().get() SHOULD have allowed
>  me to see what the ultimate cause of the exception was?

It would certainly be nice.

> I think so.  Is it a bug?  Should I request a bugfix?  How
> do I go about doing that?

Check out bugs.python.org.  Search for multiprocessing and tracebacks to see if anything is already there; if not, 
create a new issue.

--
~Ethan~