multiprocessing question/error

[Eduardo Lenz]

Hi,

I was using the former processing package with python 2.5 with no problems.
After switching to python 2.6.1 I am having some problems with the same code.
The problem seems to be related to the fact that I am using Pool.map
with a bounded method, since it is inside a class. To clarify a little bit,
let me show some parts of the code ....

class Pygen3(self)....
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def calcula(self,indiv):
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def evaluate(self):
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indiv = range(mult*self.popsize,(mult+1)*self.popsize)
pool = Pool(processes=nproc)
results = pool.map(self.calcula,indiv)
...
...

the error is the following

Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 522, in __bootstrap_inner
self.run()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 477, in run
self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/multiprocessing/pool.py", line 225, in
_handle_tasks
put(task)
PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'instancemethod'>: attribute lookup
__builtin__.instancemethod failed


Thanks for your help.

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Eduardo Lenz Cardoso
Dr. Eng.
Associate Professor

State University of Santa Catarina
Department of Mechanical Engineering
89223-100 - Joinville-SC - Brasil

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