[Biopython-dev] Lazy-loading parsers, was: Biopython GSoC 2013 applications via NESCent

[Alex Leach]

On Thu, 02 May 2013 09:14:04 +0100, Zhigang Wu <zhigang.wu at email.ucr.edu>  
wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> The idea of taking advantage of multiprocessing is great. I haven't  
> touched this kind of thing before and I think >it's going to be cool to  
> integrate into the project.


Pleasure.

Multiprocessing is quite a large topic, and the relevant library  
documentation also rather large[1-2]. If you haven't worked with  
multiprocessing before, it will probably take a long while before you're  
comfortable using the libraries involved. So if you were to mention it in  
the proposal, I'd keep it out of the core objectives, as you have a lot  
else on your plate, already. Don't know if anyone else has any thoughts on  
this, though?

I could potentially help to provide some pointers, so if you have any  
questions I might be able to help with, please feel free to ask.

Kind regards,
Alex



[1] - http://docs.python.org/2/library/multiprocessing.html
[2] - http://docs.python.org/2/library/threading.html
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