#!/usr/local/bin/python2.7 import sys import warnings from multiprocessing import Pool, Value, Array, Manager N_PROCESSES = 8 def f(results, key): results[key]['d'][3].append(1) def main(): pool = Pool(processes=N_PROCESSES) manager = Manager() results = manager.dict() for key in ['k', 'kk']: results[key] = dict([(key2, [[] for i in range(4)]) for key2 in ['d', 'dd']]) res = [ pool.apply_async(f, key) for key in ['k'] ] map(lambda x: x.wait(), res) print results['k'] print results['k']['d'] print results['k']['d'][3] if __name__ == "__main__": main()