[Numpy-discussion] Annoyance of memap rraywithmultiprocessing.Pool.applay_async

[Robert Kern]

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 03:08, Nadav Horesh <nadavh at visionsense.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to use memory mapped files as if they were shared memory? I made an application in which some (very often non contiguous) parts of a memmap array are processed by different processors. However I might use shared memory array instead. I wonder, since both types share common properties, if there a way to interchange then transparently.

Yes, you just need to instantiate the memmap arrays separately in each process.

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Robert Kern

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