Why `` print`` doesn't work in Python multprocessing pool.map

Question

I am trying to implement a module multiprocessingto work with a large CSV file. I am using Python 2.7 and follow the example here .

I ran unmodified code (copied below for convenience) and noticed that the statements printinside the function workerdo not work. Failure printmakes understanding flow and debugging difficult.

Can someone explain why printit doesn't work here? Can pool.map execute print commands? I searched the Internet, but did not find any documentation that would indicate this.

import multiprocessing as mp
import itertools
import time
import csv

def worker(chunk):
    # `chunk` will be a list of CSV rows all with the same name column
    # replace this with your real computation
    print(chunk)     # <----- nothing prints
    print 'working'  # <----- nothing prints
    return len(chunk)  

def keyfunc(row):
    # `row` is one row of the CSV file.
    # replace this with the name column.
    return row[0]

def main():
    pool = mp.Pool()
    largefile = 'test.dat'
    num_chunks = 10
    results = []
    with open(largefile) as f:
        reader = csv.reader(f)
        chunks = itertools.groupby(reader, keyfunc)
        while True:
            # make a list of num_chunks chunks
            groups = [list(chunk) for key, chunk in
                      itertools.islice(chunks, num_chunks)]
            if groups:
                result = pool.map(worker, groups)
                results.extend(result)
            else:
                break
    pool.close()
    pool.join()
    print(results)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

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