[cctbxbb] Should we enable boost threads in bootstrap?

Nigel Moriarty nwmoriarty at lbl.gov
Tue Aug 1 09:36:01 PDT 2017


Graeme

The short answer is "Why?" but that may start a very long discussion. There
are a number of multiprocessing modules in easy_mp that seem to cover all
the bases. Are there situations where threading is "better" to
multiprocessing?

Articles on multiprocessing in cctbx.

https://www.phenix-online.org/newsletter/CCN_2017_01.pdf#page=6

https://www.phenix-online.org/newsletter/CCN_2013_07.pdf

https://www.phenix-online.org/newsletter/CCN_2013_01.pdf


Cheers

Nigel

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On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 7:54 AM, <Graeme.Winter at diamond.ac.uk> wrote:

> Afternoon all,
>
> Should we do this? Any opinions? Could be useful for threads in a
> semi-portable way...
>
> Thanks & cheerio Graeme
>
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