Template for Python multiprocessing and multithreading

multipro_template.py

import multiprocessing #:)

def do_this(number):
  print number
  return number*2

# Create a list to iterate over. 
# (Note: Multiprocessing only accepts one item at a time)
some_list = range(0,10)

# Multiprocessing :)
num_proc = multiprocessing.cpu_count() # use all processors
num_proc = 6                           # specify number to use (to be nice)
p = multiprocessing.Pool(num_proc)
result = p.map(do_this, some_list)
p.close()

print result