Use multiprocess if available

CHANGES

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Changes
 - Fix #373: read DOIT_CONFIG from TOML.
 - Fix #405: Add Task attribute `meta`.
 - Fix #349: Handle passing task args in "single" task execution.
+- Fix #369: Support `multiprocess` if manually installed.
 
 0.33.1 (*2020-09-04*)
 =====================

doc/cmd_run.rst

@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ parallel execution
 This allows different tasks to be run in parallel, as long any dependencies are met.
 By default the `multiprocessing <http://docs.python.org/library/multiprocessing.html>`_
 module is used.
+If the `multiprocess <https://pypi.org/project/multiprocess/>`_ module is installed,
+it will be used instead.
 So the same restrictions also apply to the use of multiprocessing in `doit`.
 
 .. code-block:: console

doc/install.rst

@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@ If you are using python 2::
   $ pip install "doit<0.30"
 
 
-If you want to use non-local plugins you need to install `setuptools` as well.
+If you want to use non-local plugins you need to install `setuptools` as well::
 
   $ pip install doit[plugins]
 
+If you are running with multiple processes and get a ``PicklingError``,
+installing `multiprocess` may resolve the issue::
+
+  $ pip install doit[multiprocess]
+
 
 Source
 ^^^^^^

doit/cmd_auto.py

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 import os
 import time
 import sys
-from multiprocessing import Process
 from subprocess import call
 
+from .compat import Process
 from .exceptions import InvalidCommand
 from .cmdparse import CmdParse
 from .filewatch import FileModifyWatcher

doit/compat.py

@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
 """stuff dealing with incompatibilities between python versions"""
 
+try:
+    from multiprocess import Process, Queue as MQueue
+    HAS_MULTIPROCESS = True
+except ImportError:
+    from multiprocessing import Process, Queue as MQueue
+    HAS_MULTIPROCESS = False
+Process # pyflakes
+MQueue # pyflakes
+
+
+def is_multiprocessing_available():
+    # see: http://bugs.python.org/issue3770
+    # not available on BSD systens
+    try:
+        if HAS_MULTIPROCESS:
+            import multiprocess.synchronize
+            multiprocess
+        else:
+            import multiprocessing.synchronize
+            multiprocessing
+    except ImportError: # pragma: no cover
+        return False
+    else:
+        return True
+
 
 def get_platform_system():
     """return platform.system

doit/runner.py

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 """Task runner"""
 
-from multiprocessing import Process, Queue as MQueue
 from threading import Thread
 import pickle
 import queue
 
 import cloudpickle
 
+from .compat import is_multiprocessing_available, MQueue, Process
 from .exceptions import InvalidTask, CatchedException
 from .exceptions import TaskFailed, SetupError, DependencyError, UnmetDependency
 from .task import Stream, DelayedLoaded
@@ -327,16 +327,7 @@ class MRunner(Runner):
     @staticmethod
     def available():
         """check if multiprocessing module is available"""
-        # see: https://bitbucket.org/schettino72/doit/issue/17
-        #      http://bugs.python.org/issue3770
-        # not available on BSD systens
-        try:
-            import multiprocessing.synchronize
-            multiprocessing # pyflakes
-        except ImportError: # pragma: no cover
-            return False
-        else:
-            return True
+        return is_multiprocessing_available()
 
     def __init__(self, dep_manager, reporter,
                  continue_=False, always_execute=False,

setup.py

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
       extras_require={
           ':sys.platform == "darwin"': ['macfsevents'],
           ':sys.platform == "linux"': ['pyinotify'],
+          'multiprocess': ['multiprocess'],
           'plugins': ['setuptools'],
           'toml': ['toml >=0.10.1']
       },

tests/test_cmd_auto.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import time
-from multiprocessing import Process
 
 import pytest
 
+from doit.compat import Process
 from doit.cmdparse import DefaultUpdate
 from doit.task import Task
 from doit.cmd_base import TaskLoader

tests/test_runner.py

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import pickle
-from multiprocessing import Queue
 import platform
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 import pytest
 
+from doit.compat import MQueue
 from doit.exceptions import CatchedException, InvalidTask
 from doit.dependency import DbmDB, Dependency
 from doit.reporter import ConsoleReporter
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ def testSystemExitRaises(self, reporter, RunnerClass, dep_manager):
 class TestMReporter(object):
     class MyRunner(object):
         def __init__(self):
-            self.result_q = Queue()
+            self.result_q = MQueue()
 
     def testReporterMethod(self, reporter):
         fake_runner = self.MyRunner()
@@ -696,8 +696,8 @@ def test_all_processes(self, reporter, monkeypatch, dep_manager):
         td = TaskDispatcher({'t1':t1, 't2':t2}, [], ['t1', 't2'])
         run = runner.MRunner(dep_manager, reporter, num_process=2)
         run._run_tasks_init(td)
-        result_q = Queue()
-        task_q = Queue()
+        result_q = MQueue()
+        task_q = MQueue()
 
         proc_list = run._run_start_processes(task_q, result_q)
         run.finish()
@@ -714,8 +714,8 @@ def test_less_processes(self, reporter, monkeypatch, dep_manager):
         td = TaskDispatcher({'t1':t1}, [], ['t1'])
         run = runner.MRunner(dep_manager, reporter, num_process=2)
         run._run_tasks_init(td)
-        result_q = Queue()
-        task_q = Queue()
+        result_q = MQueue()
+        task_q = MQueue()
 
         proc_list = run._run_start_processes(task_q, result_q)
         run.finish()
@@ -732,8 +732,8 @@ def test_waiting_process(self, reporter, monkeypatch, dep_manager):
         td = TaskDispatcher({'t1':t1, 't2':t2}, [], ['t1', 't2'])
         run = runner.MRunner(dep_manager, reporter, num_process=2)
         run._run_tasks_init(td)
-        result_q = Queue()
-        task_q = Queue()
+        result_q = MQueue()
+        task_q = MQueue()
 
         proc_list = run._run_start_processes(task_q, result_q)
         run.finish()
@@ -779,10 +779,10 @@ def test_task_not_picklabe_thread(self, reporter, dep_manager):
 class TestMRunner_execute_task(object):
     def test_hold(self, reporter, dep_manager):
         run = runner.MRunner(dep_manager, reporter)
-        task_q = Queue()
+        task_q = MQueue()
         task_q.put(runner.JobHold()) # to test
         task_q.put(None) # to terminate function
-        result_q = Queue()
+        result_q = MQueue()
         run.execute_task_subprocess(task_q, result_q, reporter.__class__)
         run.finish()
         # nothing was done
@@ -792,10 +792,10 @@ def test_full_task(self, reporter, dep_manager):
         # test execute_task_subprocess can receive a full Task object
         run = runner.MRunner(dep_manager, reporter)
         t1 = Task('t1', [simple_result])
-        task_q = Queue()
+        task_q = MQueue()
         task_q.put(runner.JobTask(t1)) # to test
         task_q.put(None) # to terminate function
-        result_q = Queue()
+        result_q = MQueue()
         run.execute_task_subprocess(task_q, result_q, reporter.__class__)
         run.finish()
         # check result
@@ -812,10 +812,10 @@ def test_full_task_fail(self, reporter, dep_manager):
         # test execute_task_subprocess can receive a full Task object
         run = runner.MRunner(dep_manager, reporter)
         t1 = Task('t1', [simple_fail])
-        task_q = Queue()
+        task_q = MQueue()
         task_q.put(runner.JobTask(t1)) # to test
         task_q.put(None) # to terminate function
-        result_q = Queue()
+        result_q = MQueue()
         run.execute_task_subprocess(task_q, result_q, reporter.__class__)
         run.finish()
         # check result