master.py

import _xxsubinterpreters as interpreters
import threading
import textwrap as tw
import marshal

# Create a sub-interpreter
interpid = interpreters.create()

# If you had a function that generated some data
arry = list(range(0,100))

# Create a channel
channel_id = interpreters.channel_create()

# Pre-populate the interpreter with a module
interpreters.run_string(interpid, "import marshal; import _xxsubinterpreters as interpreters")

# Define a
def run(interpid, channel_id):
    interpreters.run_string(interpid,
                            tw.dedent("""
        arry_raw = interpreters.channel_recv(channel_id)
        arry = marshal.loads(arry_raw)
        result = [1,2,3,4,5] # where you would do some calculating
        result_raw = marshal.dumps(result)
        interpreters.channel_send(channel_id, result_raw)
        """),
               shared=dict(
                   channel_id=channel_id
               ),
               )

inp = marshal.dumps(arry)
interpreters.channel_send(channel_id, inp)

# Run inside a thread
t = threading.Thread(target=run, args=(interpid, channel_id))
t.start()

# Sub interpreter will process. Feel free to do anything else now.
output = interpreters.channel_recv(channel_id)
interpreters.channel_release(channel_id)
output_arry = marshal.loads(output)

print(output_arry)