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Asked: 2026-05-16T01:24:08+00:00

Is there a Pool class for worker threads , similar to the multiprocessing module’s

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Is there a Pool class for worker threads, similar to the multiprocessing module’s Pool class?

I like for example the easy way to parallelize a map function

def long_running_func(p):
    c_func_no_gil(p)

p = multiprocessing.Pool(4)
xs = p.map(long_running_func, range(100))

however I would like to do it without the overhead of creating new processes.

I know about the GIL. However, in my usecase, the function will be an IO-bound C function for which the python wrapper will release the GIL before the actual function call.

Do I have to write my own threading pool?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I just found out that there actually is a thread-based Pool interface in the multiprocessing module, however it is hidden somewhat and not properly documented.

    It can be imported via

    from multiprocessing.pool import ThreadPool

    It is implemented using a dummy Process class wrapping a python thread. This thread-based Process class can be found in multiprocessing.dummy which is mentioned briefly in the docs. This dummy module supposedly provides the whole multiprocessing interface based on threads.

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