[Python-Dev] multiprocessing not compatible with functional.partial

[Neal Becker]

If the argument to pool.map (f, args)
is
f = functional.partial (my_func, some_keyword_arg=whatever)

I get:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/multiprocessing-2.6.1.1-py2.5-linux-
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/multiprocessing-2.6.1.1-py2.5-linux-
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/multiprocessing-2.6.1.1-py2.5-linux-
    task = get()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/multiprocessing-2.6.1.1-py2.5-linux-
    return recv()
TypeError: type 'partial' takes at least one argument