pickle5.py

import _xxsubinterpreters as interpreters
import threading
import textwrap as tw
import pickle

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

# If you had a function that generated a numpy array
arry = [5,4,3,2,1]

# Create a channel
channel_id = interpreters.channel_create()

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

buffers=[]

# Define a
def run(interpid, channel_id):
    interpreters.run_string(interpid,
                            tw.dedent("""
        arry_raw = interpreters.channel_recv(channel_id)
        arry = pickle.loads(arry_raw)
        print(f"Got: {arry}")
        result = arry[::-1]
        result_raw = pickle.dumps(result, protocol=5)
        interpreters.channel_send(channel_id, result_raw)
        """),
                            shared=dict(
                                channel_id=channel_id,
                            ),
                            )

input = pickle.dumps(arry, protocol=5, buffer_callback=buffers.append)
interpreters.channel_send(channel_id, input)

# 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 = pickle.loads(output)

print(f"Got back: {output_arry}")