pprocess

examples/simple_start.py

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2008-06-02 paulb [project @ 2008-06-02 22:43:43 by paulb] Added details of the persistent and background features and examples.
     1 #!/usr/bin/env python     2      3 """     4 A simple example of parallel computation using message exchanges directly.     5 """     6      7 import pprocess     8 import time     9 #import random    10     11 # Array size and a limit on the number of processes.    12     13 N = 10    14 limit = 10    15 delay = 1    16     17 # Work function and monitoring class.    18     19 def calculate(ch, i, j):    20     21     """    22     A supposedly time-consuming calculation on 'i' and 'j', using 'ch' to    23     communicate with the parent process.    24     """    25     26     #time.sleep(delay * random.random())    27     time.sleep(delay)    28     ch.send((i, j, i * N + j))    29     30 class MyExchange(pprocess.Exchange):    31     32     "Parallel convenience class containing the array assignment operation."    33     34     def store_data(self, ch):    35         i, j, result = ch.receive()    36         self.D[i*N+j] = result    37     38 # Main program.    39     40 if __name__ == "__main__":    41     42     t = time.time()    43     44     # Initialise the communications exchange with a limit on the number of    45     # channels/processes.    46     47     exchange = MyExchange(limit=limit)    48     49     # Initialise an array - it is stored in the exchange to permit automatic    50     # assignment of values as the data arrives.    51     52     results = exchange.D = [0] * N * N    53     54     # Perform the work.    55     56     print "Calculating..."    57     for i in range(0, N):    58         for j in range(0, N):    59             exchange.start(calculate, i, j)    60     61     # Wait for the results.    62     63     print "Finishing..."    64     exchange.finish()    65     66     # Show the results.    67     68     for i in range(0, N):    69         for result in results[i*N:i*N+N]:    70             print result,    71         print    72     73     print "Time taken:", time.time() - t    74     75 # vim: tabstop=4 expandtab shiftwidth=4