In [27]: c = Client()

In [28]: dview=c[:]

In [29]: ar=dview.apply_async(sleep,10)

In [30]: c.shutdown(0)

In [31]: ar.get()
Out[31]: [None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None]

In [32]: ar=dview.apply_async(sleep,10)

In [33]: c.shutdown(1)

In [34]: ar.get()
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CompositeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)
/Users/maarten/<ipython-input-34-8531eb3d26fb> in <module>()
----> 1 ar.get()

/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/ipython-0.11-py2.6.egg/IPython/parallel/client/asyncresult.pyc in get(self, timeout)
    101                 return self._result
    102             else:
--> 103                 raise self._exception
    104         else:
    105             raise error.TimeoutError("Result not ready.")

CompositeError: one or more exceptions from call to method: sleep
[Engine Exception]EngineError: Engine 0 died while running task '85bef637-5682-48f0-92c0-5cf9652db4ba'

In [35]: ar=dview.apply_async(sleep,10)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
KeyError                                  Traceback (most recent call last)
/Users/maarten/<ipython-input-35-1779b888dcf5> in <module>()
----> 1 ar=dview.apply_async(sleep,10)

/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/ipython-0.11-py2.6.egg/IPython/parallel/client/view.pyc in apply_async(self, f, *args, **kwargs)
    214         returns AsyncResult
    215         """
--> 216         return self._really_apply(f, args, kwargs, block=False)
    217 
    218     @spin_after

/Users/maarten/<string> in _really_apply(self, f, args, kwargs, targets, block, track)

/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/ipython-0.11-py2.6.egg/IPython/parallel/client/view.pyc in sync_results(f, self, *args, **kwargs)
     55 def sync_results(f, self, *args, **kwargs):
     56     """sync relevant results from self.client to our results attribute."""
---> 57     ret = f(self, *args, **kwargs)
     58     delta = self.outstanding.difference(self.client.outstanding)
     59     completed = self.outstanding.intersection(delta)

/Users/maarten/<string> in _really_apply(self, f, args, kwargs, targets, block, track)

/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/ipython-0.11-py2.6.egg/IPython/parallel/client/view.pyc in save_ids(f, self, *args, **kwargs)
     44     n_previous = len(self.client.history)
     45     try:
---> 46         ret = f(self, *args, **kwargs)
     47     finally:
     48         nmsgs = len(self.client.history) - n_previous

/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/ipython-0.11-py2.6.egg/IPython/parallel/client/view.pyc in _really_apply(self, f, args, kwargs, targets, block, track)
    516         targets = self.targets if targets is None else targets
    517 
--> 518         _idents = self.client._build_targets(targets)[0]
    519         msg_ids = []
    520         trackers = []

/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/ipython-0.11-py2.6.egg/IPython/parallel/client/client.pyc in _build_targets(self, targets)
    464             raise TypeError("targets by int/slice/collection of ints only, not %s"%(type(targets)))
    465 
--> 466         return [util.asbytes(self._engines[t]) for t in targets], list(targets)
    467 
    468     def _connect(self, sshserver, ssh_kwargs, timeout):

/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/ipython-0.11-py2.6.egg/IPython/parallel/util.pyc in __getitem__(self, key)
     79             return dict.__getitem__(self, key)
     80         except KeyError:
---> 81             return self._reverse[key]
     82 
     83     def __setitem__(self, key, value):

KeyError: 0

In [36]: dview=c[:]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
IndexError                                Traceback (most recent call last)
/Users/maarten/<ipython-input-36-25710ae84c54> in <module>()
----> 1 dview=c[:]

/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/ipython-0.11-py2.6.egg/IPython/parallel/client/client.pyc in __getitem__(self, key)
    766             raise TypeError("key by int/slice/iterable of ints only, not %s"%(type(key)))
    767         else:
--> 768             return self.direct_view(key)
    769 
    770     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------


/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/ipython-0.11-py2.6.egg/IPython/parallel/client/client.pyc in direct_view(self, targets)
   1042         """
   1043         single = isinstance(targets, int)
-> 1044         targets = self._build_targets(targets)[1]
   1045         if single:
   1046             targets = targets[0]

/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/ipython-0.11-py2.6.egg/IPython/parallel/client/client.pyc in _build_targets(self, targets)
    459             indices = range(len(self._ids))[targets]
    460             ids = self.ids
--> 461             targets = [ ids[i] for i in indices ]
    462 
    463         if not isinstance(targets, (tuple, list, xrange)):

IndexError: list index out of range