Got it, thank you. But why, nevertheless, the results are correct although the pickling is impossible?
Nadav.
-----Original Message-----
From: numpy-discussion-boun...@scipy.org on behalf of Robert Kern
Sent: Sat 03-Apr-10 23:47
To: Discussion of Numerical Python
Subject: Re: [Numpy-discussion] Annoyance of memap rray
withmultiprocessing.Pool.applay_async
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 14:29, Nadav Horesh <nad...@visionsense.com> wrote:
>
> The following script generate the following error on every loop iteration in
> the function average:
>
> Exception AttributeError: AttributeError("'NoneType' object has no attribute
> 'tell'",) in <bound method memmap.__del__ of memmap(xxxxxx)> ignored
>
> where xxxxxx is a scalar (the array sum).
>
> I get this error with numpy1.4 on a linux64 (dual core) machine. A
> winXP/Pentium4 with 2GB Ram could not run it since it explode the memory.
>
> Any idea what is the origin on the error (my interset is the linux box)?
>
memmap instances don't pickle. Don't pass them as arguments to
apply_async() or related functions. Instead, pass the filename and
other arguments to memmap() and reconstruct the arrays in each
process.
--
Robert Kern
"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless
enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as
though it had an underlying truth."
-- Umberto Eco
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