[IPython-dev] Fwd: Using DirectView.execute to import modules on worker processes

William Shipman shipman.william at gmail.com
Tue Aug 12 13:03:50 EDT 2014


Thanks for the quick reply.  Should I post a message again next week once
Min is available again?

I guess IPython-User should not be used anymore?

Thanks,
William.



On 12 August 2014 18:47, Thomas Kluyver <takowl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi William,
>
> I don't think there should be any problem with using DirectView.execute()
> for this. Min, who's the expert on IPython.parallel, is away at the moment,
> but he should be able to give you a proper answer when he gets back in a
> couple of days.
>
> Thanks,
> Thomas
>
>
> On 12 August 2014 09:43, William Shipman <shipman.william at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I have looked through the documentation about importing modules on
>> IPython Parallel worker processes, and it seems imports of the form "import
>> foo as bar" are not supported.  However, I found that using
>> DirectView.execute allows me to get around this.  Is this safe, if not what
>> can go wrong?
>>
>> Here's the code I'm using to import part of the dateutil library and :
>>
>>     from IPython.parallel import Client
>>     ipython_client = Client()
>>     dview = ipython_client.direct_view()
>>     dview.execute('from dateutil import parser as dtparser')
>>
>> I am only using on my local PC, not a cluster.  After executing the above
>> I can happily run code that uses dtparser using dview.map_sync.  I can
>> rewrite my code to avoid doing this but I'd like to know why I shouldn't
>> use this method.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> P.S. I posted this to IPython-User but that mailing list seems not to be
>> active.  I anyone is receiving this for a second time, I apologize.
>>
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