这可能是一个微不足道的问题,但我如何在python中并行化下面的循环?

# setup output lists
output1 = list()
output2 = list()
output3 = list()

for j in range(0, 10):
    # calc individual parameter value
    parameter = j * offset
    # call the calculation
    out1, out2, out3 = calc_stuff(parameter = parameter)

    # put results into correct output list
    output1.append(out1)
    output2.append(out2)
    output3.append(out3)

我知道如何在Python中启动单个线程,但我不知道如何“收集”结果。

多个进程也可以——在这种情况下,只要是最简单的就行。我目前使用的是Linux,但代码应该在Windows和Mac上运行。

并行化这段代码最简单的方法是什么?


当前回答

Dask期货;我很惊讶至今还没有人提起这件事……

from dask.distributed import Client

client = Client(n_workers=8) # In this example I have 8 cores and processes (can also use threads if desired)

def my_function(i):
    output = <code to execute in the for loop here>
    return output

futures = []

for i in <whatever you want to loop across here>:
    future = client.submit(my_function, i)
    futures.append(future)

results = client.gather(futures)
client.close()

其他回答

并行处理的一个非常简单的例子是

from multiprocessing import Process

output1 = list()
output2 = list()
output3 = list()

def yourfunction():
    for j in range(0, 10):
        # calc individual parameter value
        parameter = j * offset
        # call the calculation
        out1, out2, out3 = calc_stuff(parameter=parameter)

        # put results into correct output list
        output1.append(out1)
        output2.append(out2)
        output3.append(out3)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    p = Process(target=pa.yourfunction, args=('bob',))
    p.start()
    p.join()

这在用Python实现多处理和并行/分布式计算时非常有用。

YouTube教程使用techila包

Techila是一种分布式计算中间件,它使用Techila包直接与Python集成。包中的peach函数在并行化循环结构时非常有用。(以下代码片段来自Techila社区论坛)

techila.peach(funcname = 'theheavyalgorithm', # Function that will be called on the compute nodes/ Workers
    files = 'theheavyalgorithm.py', # Python-file that will be sourced on Workers
    jobs = jobcount # Number of Jobs in the Project
    )

假设我们有一个async函数

async def work_async(self, student_name: str, code: str, loop):
"""
Some async function
"""
    # Do some async procesing    

这需要在一个大数组上运行。有些属性被传递给程序,有些则来自数组中字典元素的属性。

async def process_students(self, student_name: str, loop):
    market = sys.argv[2]
    subjects = [...] #Some large array
    batchsize = 5
    for i in range(0, len(subjects), batchsize):
        batch = subjects[i:i+batchsize]
        await asyncio.gather(*(self.work_async(student_name,
                                           sub['Code'],
                                           loop)
                       for sub in batch))

为了并行化一个简单的for循环,joblib为多处理的原始使用带来了很多价值。不仅是简短的语法,还包括在迭代非常快的时候(以消除开销)进行透明的迭代聚集,或者捕获子进程的回溯,以获得更好的错误报告。

免责声明:我是joblib的原作者。

tqdm库的并发包装器是并行化长时间运行代码的好方法。tqdm通过智能进度表提供当前进度和剩余时间的反馈,我发现这对于长时间计算非常有用。

通过对thread_map的简单调用,循环可以被重写为并发线程,或者通过对process_map的简单调用,循环可以被重写为并发多进程:

from tqdm.contrib.concurrent import thread_map, process_map


def calc_stuff(num, multiplier):
    import time

    time.sleep(1)

    return num, num * multiplier


if __name__ == "__main__":

    # let's parallelize this for loop:
    # results = [calc_stuff(i, 2) for i in range(64)]

    loop_idx = range(64)
    multiplier = [2] * len(loop_idx)

    # either with threading:
    results_threading = thread_map(calc_stuff, loop_idx, multiplier)

    # or with multi-processing:
    results_processes = process_map(calc_stuff, loop_idx, multiplier)