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Documentation: Clarify role of callback with map_async

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Description

BPO 29108
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  • main2.py
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
    closed_at = None
    created_at = <Date 2016-12-29.21:57:31.364>
    labels = ['type-bug', 'docs']
    title = 'Documentation: Clarify role of callback with map_async'
    updated_at = <Date 2020-09-18.16:03:49.957>
    user = 'https://bugs.python.org/JoseMiguelColella'
    

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2020-09-18.16:03:49.957>
    actor = 'iritkatriel'
    assignee = 'docs@python'
    closed = False
    closed_date = None
    closer = None
    components = ['Documentation']
    creation = <Date 2016-12-29.21:57:31.364>
    creator = 'Jose Miguel Colella'
    dependencies = []
    files = ['46084']
    hgrepos = []
    issue_num = 29108
    keywords = []
    message_count = 4.0
    messages = ['284295', '284296', '284305', '284320']
    nosy_count = 3.0
    nosy_names = ['docs@python', 'davin', 'Jose Miguel Colella']
    pr_nums = []
    priority = 'normal'
    resolution = None
    stage = None
    status = 'open'
    superseder = None
    type = 'behavior'
    url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue29108'
    versions = ['Python 3.6']
    

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    Research direction

    Read the Python documentation for map_async and inspect the linked main2.py example to understand how its callback is used. Clarify the callback's role in the map_async documentation, then verify that the resulting text answers the reported behavior question.

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    Assessment

    Tech stack
    python
    Domain
    documentation
    Issue type
    Documentation
    Difficulty
    2/5
    Estimated time
    1-3 hours
    Activity status
    Stale
    Clarity
    Mostly clear
    Newbie friendliness
    35/100

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