diff -r 82cfbe2ddfbb Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst Wed May 11 12:24:17 2011 -0400 +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst Thu May 26 13:02:32 2011 -0400 @@ -615,13 +615,12 @@ result = queue.get() print 'Factorial', N, '=', result -A :class:`Queue` is used to communicate the input parameter *N* and -the result. The :class:`Queue` object is stored in a global variable. -The child process will use the value of the variable when the child -was created; because it's a :class:`Queue`, parent and child can use -the object to communicate. (If the parent were to change the value of -the global variable, the child's value would be unaffected, and vice -versa.) +A :class:`Queue` is used to communicate the result of the factorial. The +:class:`Queue` object is stored in a global variable. The child process will +use the value of the variable when the child was created; because it's a +:class:`Queue`, parent and child can use the object to communicate. (If the +parent were to change the value of the global variable, the child's value would +be unaffected, and vice versa.) Two other classes, :class:`Pool` and :class:`Manager`, provide higher-level interfaces. :class:`Pool` will create a fixed number of