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py3interm/EXAMPLES/proc_pool.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import random
+from multiprocessing import Pool
+
+POOL_SIZE = 30  # <1>
+
+with open('../DATA/words.txt') as words_in:
+    WORDS = [w.strip() for w in words_in]  # <2>
+
+random.shuffle(WORDS)  # <3>
+
+
+def my_task(word):  # <4>
+    return word.upper()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    ppool = Pool(POOL_SIZE)  # <5>
+
+    WORD_LIST = ppool.map(my_task, WORDS)  # <6>
+
+    print(WORD_LIST[:20])  # <7>
+
+    print("Processed {} words.".format(len(WORD_LIST)))