Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!newsfeed.eweka.nl!eweka.nl!feeder3.eweka.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.002 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; '(even': 0.05; 'wrapper': 0.07; 'below).': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:skip:m 10': 0.09; 'benjamin': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:dip.t-dialin.net': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'received:t-dialin.net': 0.16; 'simplified': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; '>>>': 0.18; 'example': 0.23; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'fixed': 0.28; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.28; 'post': 0.28; 'preceding': 0.29; 'definition': 0.29; 'function': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.33; 'doing': 0.35; 'posting': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'subject: (': 0.36; 'does': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'comment': 0.38; 'nothing': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'here': 0.65; 'special': 0.73; 'oscar': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> Subject: Re: Passing functions as parameter (multiprocessing) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:18:01 +0100 Organization: None References: <425807738.1035823.1352809155090.JavaMail.root@sequans.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p5084b062.dip.t-dialin.net User-Agent: KNode/4.7.3 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 15 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1352823489 news.xs4all.nl 6891 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:58365 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:33249 Oscar Benjamin wrote: > I don't know if this is to do with the way that the code was > simplified before posting but this subproc function wrapper does > nothing (even after Peter fixed it below). This code is needlessly > complicated for what it does. Jean-Michel's Post had the following comment preceding his subproc() definition >>> # here it should be decorated, but for this example to be kept >>> simple, the function is only wrapped, doing nothing special which I unhelpfully removed...