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@@ -2508,8 +2508,11 @@ with the :class:`Pool` class.
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one *iterable* argument though, for multiple iterables see :meth:`starmap`).
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It blocks until the result is ready.
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- This method chops the iterable into a number of chunks which it submits to
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- the process pool as separate tasks. The (approximate) size of these
+ This method chops the iterable into a number of chunks and submits each
+ chunk to the process pool as a separate task. A task may therefore
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+ process multiple items from the iterable.
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+
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+ The (approximate) size of these
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chunks can be specified by setting *chunksize* to a positive integer.
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Note that it may cause high memory usage for very long iterables. Consider
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