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Running a singleton with multiprocessing in python throws error.
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import time | |
from joblib import Parallel, delayed | |
class OnlyOne: | |
"""Singleton Class, inspired by | |
https://python-3-patterns-idioms-test.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Singleton.html""" | |
class __OnlyOne: | |
def __init__(self, arg): | |
if arg is None: | |
raise ValueError("Pretend empty instantiation breaks code") | |
self.val = arg | |
def __str__(self): | |
return repr(self) + self.val | |
instance = None | |
def __init__(self, arg=None): | |
if not self.instance: | |
self.instance = self.__OnlyOne(arg) | |
else: | |
self.instance.val = arg | |
def __getattr__(self, name): | |
return getattr(self.instance, name) | |
def worker(num): | |
"""Single worker function to run in parallel. | |
Assume that this function has to do an empty | |
instantiation of the singleton. | |
""" | |
one = OnlyOne() | |
time.sleep(0.1) | |
one.val += num | |
return one.val | |
# Instantiate singleton | |
one = OnlyOne(0) | |
print(one.val) | |
# Try to run in parallel | |
# Will hit the ValueError that raises with | |
# empty instantiation | |
res = Parallel(n_jobs=-1, verbose=10)( | |
delayed(worker)(i) for i in range(10) | |
) | |
print(res) |
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