Two functions in parallel with multiple arguments and return values

Question

I\'ve got two separate functions. Each of them takes quite a long time to execute.

def function1(arg):
     do_some_stuff_here
     return result1

def function2         


        

Answer 1

This is another example I just found, hope it helps, nice and easy ;)

from multiprocessing import Pool

def square(x):
    return x * x

def cube(y):
    return y * y * y

pool = Pool(processes=20)

result_squares = pool.map_async(square, range(10))
result_cubes = pool.map_async(cube, range(10))

print result_squares.get(timeout=3)
print result_cubes.get(timeout=3)