Basic Pool:

from multiprocessing import Pool

def do_work(val):
    # could instantiate some other library class,
    # call out to the file system,
    # or do something simple right here.
    return "FOO: %s" % val

pool = Pool(4)
work = get_work_args()
results = pool.map(do_work, work)

使用流程管理器和生产者

from multiprocessing import Process, Manager
import time
import itertools

def do_work(in_queue, out_list):
    while True:
        item = in_queue.get()

        # exit signal 
        if item == None:
            return

        # fake work
        time.sleep(.5)
        result = item

        out_list.append(result)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    num_workers = 4

    manager = Manager()
    results = manager.list()
    work = manager.Queue(num_workers)

    # start for workers    
    pool = []
    for i in xrange(num_workers):
        p = Process(target=do_work, args=(work, results))
        p.start()
        pool.append(p)

    # produce data
    # this could also be started in a producer process
    # instead of blocking
    iters = itertools.chain(get_work_args(), (None,)*num_workers)
    for item in iters:
        work.put(item)

    for p in pool:
        p.join()

    print results