Import statements and multiprocessing
Nicholas Cole
nicholas.cole at gmail.com
Tue Jan 30 10:54:30 EST 2018
Dear List,
I have a strange problem on python 3.6.1
I am using the multiprocessing function to parallelize an expensive
operation, using the multiprocessing.Pool() and Pool.map() functions.
The function I am passing to map calls a function in another file
within the same model. And that file has a
from .some_file_in_the_package import *
line at the top.
However, in each function called in that file, I seem to need to put
an explicit important statement buried within the function in order
for the code to work:
def some_function():
from .some_file_in_the_package import ThisObject
It is as if in the worker processes created by Pool.map() the from .
import * directive is being completely ignored.
With the explicit import statements everything works as expected.
What could be going wrong?
Best wishes,
Nicholas
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