def test_some():

       pool = WorkerPool()

       q = py.std.Queue.Queue()

       num = 4

       def f(i): 

           q.put(i) 

           while q.qsize(): 

               py.std.time.sleep(0.01) 

       for i in range(num):

           pool.dispatch(f, i) 

       for i in range(num):

           q.get()

       assert len(pool._alive) == 4

->     pool.shutdown()

       # XXX I replaced the following join() with a time.sleep(1), which seems

       # to fix the test on Windows, and doesn't break it on Linux... Completely

       # unsure what the idea is, though, so it would be nice if someone with some

       # more understanding of what happens here would either fix this better, or

       # remove this comment...

       # pool.join(timeout=1.0)

       py.std.time.sleep(1)

       assert len(pool._alive) == 0

       assert len(pool._ready) == 0