# with\_allocate: distribute some list of items into a list of "slots"

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-allocate-distribute-some-list-of-items-into-a-list-of-slots/16979>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [December 6, 2014, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-allocate-distribute-some-list-of-items-into-a-list-of-slots/16979 "2014-12-06T08:42:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![herby.gillot1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@herby.gillot1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/herby.gillot1)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-allocate-distribute-some-list-of-items-into-a-list-of-slots/16979/1 "2014-12-06T08:42:43Z")

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[https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/9735](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/9735)

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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan1)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-allocate-distribute-some-list-of-items-into-a-list-of-slots/16979/2 "2014-12-06T18:15:15Z")

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FYI – In the future you don’t need to email the list when making a submission as it will show up in the GitHub queue.