PaIRS-UniNa 0.2.4__cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl → 0.2.6__cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl

PaIRS_UniNa/parForMulti.py

@@ -1,435 +1,435 @@
-'''  Parallel for for PIV '''
-#import os
-import traceback
-import queue
-import asyncio
-#import random
-import multiprocessing as mp
-from time import sleep, time
+'''  Parallel for for PIV '''
+#import os
+import traceback
+import queue
+import asyncio
+#import random
+import multiprocessing as mp
+from time import sleep, time
 from .tAVarie import PrintTA, PrintTAPriority
 from .__init__ import __version__,__year__,__mail__
-#import numpy as np
-#import scipy as sc
-
-prTime=PrintTA(PrintTA.blue, PrintTA.faceStd,  PrintTAPriority.medium).prTime
-pr=PrintTA(PrintTA.blue, PrintTA.faceStd,  PrintTAPriority.medium).prTime
-# pylint: disable=unused-argument
-lock=None
-def prLock( *args,**kwargs):
-  ''' print in parallel pool without overlap (slower)'''
-  try:
-    with lock:
-      PrintTA(PrintTA.blue, PrintTA.faceStd,  PrintTAPriority.medium).pr( *args,**kwargs)
-  except :
-    print(ParForMul.printExceptionPFM(flagMessage=True))
-
-def prTimeLock( *args,**kwargs):
-  ''' print in parallel pool without overlap (slower)'''
-  try:
-    with lock:
-      PrintTA(PrintTA.blue, PrintTA.faceStd,  PrintTAPriority.medium).prTime( *args,**kwargs)
-  except:
-    print(ParForMul.printExceptionPFM(flagMessage=True))
-
-def printExceptionMasterParFor(stringa='',flagMessage=False):  #timemilliseconds=-1 ***
-    ''' used to print when an exception is raised TA has decided that the printing function is a simple
-    print in this way we cannot have any problems when printing in non-compatible terminals
-    use with something like
-
-    try:
-        a=1/0
-    except :#non need to put a variable al the info are in traceback
-        printException()
-    * stringa is an additional string (to specify the point where the error comes from) 
-    * flagMessage is a flag, if true the error message is generated; default value is Flag_DEBUG
-    * flagDispDialog is a flag, if true a critical dialog appears after the exception
-    '''
-    #print(f'***** ParForMul Exception *****  Deltat={time()-PrintTA.startTime}\n{traceback.format_exc()}',*args,**kwargs)
-    #print(sys.exc_info()[2])
-    Message=""
-    if flagMessage:
-        Message+=f'Please, mail to: {__mail__}\n\n'
-        Message+=f'***** PaIRS Exception *****  time={time()-PrintTA.startTime}\n'+stringa
-        Message+=f'***** traceback.print_exc() *****  \n'
-        Message+=traceback.format_exc()
-        Message+=f'***** traceback.extract_stack() *****  \n'
-        # to print all the queue comment if not needed
-        for st in traceback.format_list(   traceback.extract_stack()):
-            if 'PAIRS_GUI' in st and 'printException'not in st:# limits to files that have  PAIRS_GUI in the path
-                Message+=st
-        Message+=f'***** PaIRS Exception -> End *****'
-    return Message
-
-  
-
-def fakePIV(iImg,procId, p, procTime, flagOutput=False, mes="fakePIV"):
-  ''' fakePIV'''
-  startTime = time()
-  #print(f'reading Img {iImg} pid={os.getpid()} pid={mp.current_process().pid}')
-  #print(f'reading Img {iImg}  pid={mp.current_process().pid} procId={procId}')
-  #sleep(0.5)
-  #print(f'Finished reading Img {iImg}')
-  
-  a=0
-  count=1*1000*1000#on my pc 10*1000*1000=1sec
-  nIt=1
-  while nIt<2000000: 
-    for _ in range(count):
-      a+=5#random.random()   
-    if time()-startTime>procTime: 
-      break
-    nIt+=1
-  if flagOutput:
-    print(f'fine proc Img {iImg} Nit={nIt} t={time()-startTime}   mes={mes}')
-  return (0,f'fine proc Img {iImg} Nit={nIt} t={time()-startTime}   mes={mes}')
-  
-  #return iImg
-
-class ParForCom():
-  ''' Comunication varibles used by ParFor'''
-  def __init__(self):
-    #prTime(0,'Dentro ParForCom Com')
-    manager=mp.Manager()#si potrebbe creare un lock al posto della variabile globale qui cercare su internet 
-    #prTime(0,'Dentro ParForCom dopo manager')
-    self.q = manager.Queue()
-    self.qOut= manager.Queue()
-    self.qProcessed= manager.Queue()
-    self.eventExit = manager.Event()
-  
-  def clearAll(self):
-    ''' Clears all the queues'''
-    self.clear(self.q)
-    self.clear(self.qOut)
-    self.clear(self.qProcessed)
-
-    
-    
-  def clear(self,q:queue):
-    '''clears a Queue'''
-    try:
-      while True:
-        q.get_nowait()
-    except queue.Empty:
-        pass
-
-
-
-class ParForMul():
-  ''' class Parallel for for PIV '''
-  printExceptionPFM=printExceptionMasterParFor #class variable
-  def __init__(self):
-    #prTime(0,'Dentro ParForMul inizio')
-    self.parForCom:ParForCom=ParForCom()
-    # valori impostabili dall'esterno
-    self.sleepTime=1. # waiting to do things
-    self.nonProcessed=0 # waiting to do things
-    #self.numUsedCores =psutil.cpu_count(logical=False)
-    ## numUsedCores is the number of cores used fo processing and can be different from numCoresParPool that is the number of cores used in the parPool
-    self.numCoresParPool=self.numUsedCores = mp.cpu_count()//2#da decidere per intel  /2 sono i processori reali 
-    #prTime(0,'Dentro ParForMul fine')
-    self.numCalledCallbacks=0 # identify the times that the callbacks have been called
-    self.p=None
-    self.flagError=False
-    self.exception=None
-
-
-  def initTask(self,eventExit,name,procId,*args,**kwargs):
-    ''' dummy InitTask sample 
-    id is the id of the task should be a numeber between 1 and numUsedCores
-    if needed initTask should call the main task with name
-    '''
-    
-    (flag,var)=fakePIV(name, procId,('initTask',2), *args,**kwargs)
-    return (flag,var,('initTask',2))
-
-  def wrapUp(self,procId,flagHasWorked,P,*args,**kwargs):
-    ''' Dummy wrapUp function '''
-    if flagHasWorked:#do something
-      pass
-    return P
-
-  def callBack(self,flag,perc,procId,flagOutFromTask, name,varOutFromTask):
-    ''' Dummy callBack function
-    perc=percentage of processed images
-    flag=true new data False just check exit
-    perc= precentage done
-    flagOutFromTasks,varOutFromTask Out variables from task  e.g.:
-      flagOutFromTasks= 0 success, 1 skipped, -1 error, -2 blocked from caller
-      varOutFromTask whatever for now string
-      name current element in names
-    to stop the process the return value should be True otherwise sleep  '''
-    if not flag:
-      return False  
-    return False
-
-  def finalTask(self,procId,*args,**kwargs):
-    ''' dummy final finalTask function 
-    id is the id of the task should be a numeber between 1 and numUsedCores'''
-    return ('finalTask',2)
-
-  def launchTask(self,procId,task,initTask,finalTask,  *args,**kwargs):
-    ''' the main parallel function first calls initTask (eventExit is an event that enables the safe exit)
-        then for all the element in the queue q calls task with the variable returned by initTask 
-        finally calls finalTask puts in the queue qOut the final result '''
-    # aggiunto try così almeno ci rendiamo conto se c'è un errore
-    '''
-    try: 
-      procId=mp.current_process()._identity[0]
-    except:
-      procId=0 # '''
-    #pid=mp.current_process().pid
-    flagHasWorked=False#if true the task has processed at least one element
-    #if  procId==2: prTimeLock(f"launchTask ||||||||||||  Inizio    procId={procId} flagHasWorked={flagHasWorked} ")
-    media=None
-    try:
-      i,n=self.parForCom.q.get()#  the first time task must be called by initTask
-      if i!=-1:
-        flagHasWorked=True
-        (flag,var,P)=initTask(self.parForCom.eventExit,n,procId,*args,**kwargs)
-        self.parForCom.qProcessed.put((procId,flag,i,var))
-        while True:
-          i,n=self.parForCom.q.get()
-          if i==-1:
-            break
-          (flag,var)=task(n,procId,P,*args,**kwargs)
-          self.parForCom.qProcessed.put((procId,flag,i,var))
-        media=finalTask(procId,P,*args,**kwargs)# media should be different from None
-    except Exception as e:
-      raise(e) # I do not really care to have a full report if in debug it may be important
-      #ParForMul.printExceptionPFM()
-    flagHasWorked=False if media is None else flagHasWorked #if true the task has processed at least one element and media should be different from None
-    return (procId,flagHasWorked,media)
-
-  def readQOutProcess(self,strOutput,flagProcessed,callBack,names,nElements):
-    ''' reads the qOut queue save the data and calls callback'''
-    com=self.parForCom 
-    while not com.qProcessed.empty():
-      (procId,flag,i,var)=com.qProcessed.get_nowait()
-      perc=1-(com.q.qsize()-self.numUsedCores)/nElements#
-      strOutput[i]=var
-      flagProcessed[i]=flag
-      
-      #prLock(f'callBack {i}  {perc} {com.q.qsize()}')
-      if callBack(True,perc,procId,flag,names[i],var):
-        com.eventExit.set()# in this case the process will stop
-      self.numCalledCallbacks+=1
-
-  def errorHandler(self,error):
-    ''' error function '''
-    #self.errorMessage=ParForMul.printExceptionPFM(flagMessage=True)
-    self.exception=error
-    self.flagError=True
-    self.parForCom.eventExit.set()# in this case the process will stop
-    #raise(error)
-  def parForExtPool(self,parPool,task,names,*args,initTask=None,finalTask=None,wrapUp=None,callBack=None,**kwargs):
-    ''' parallel for main function with external mp pool 
-    task is the main function that is called for each value in names. 
-    optionally initTask and finalTask are called only one time per worker
-    args and kwargs are passed to all the functions.add()
-    callBack is called frequently and can be used to stop the parFor
-    Finally the WrapUp function is called one time per worker to wrap things up
-     '''
-    #prTime(0,'Dentro parForExtPool')
-  
-    com=self.parForCom 
-    com.eventExit.clear()
-    initTask=self.initTask if initTask is None else initTask
-    finalTask=self.finalTask if finalTask is None else finalTask
-    wrapUp=self.wrapUp if wrapUp is None else wrapUp
-    callBack=self.callBack if callBack is None else callBack
-    self.flagError=False
-    self.numCalledCallbacks=0  # reset the number of called callbacks
-    nElements=len(names)
-    flagProcessed=[self.nonProcessed]*nElements #lista delle immagini processate inizialmente tutti -1 ma possiamo modificarla
-    strOutput = [None]*nElements #lista dei messaggi in output in realtà potrebbe essere di qualunque tipo
-    def callWrapUp(var): 
-      self.p=wrapUp(*var,*args,**kwargs)
-      self.parForCom.qOut.put((var[0:2])) #procid , flagHasWorked
-      #prTime(f"callWrapUp fine procid={var[0]} ")
-
-    # per ora -1 non processato, -2 errore ,numero positivo processato
-    for i,n  in enumerate(names):
-      com.q.put((i,n))
-    for _  in range(self.numUsedCores):
-      com.q.put((-1,-1))
-
-    for i  in range(self.numUsedCores):
-      _=parPool.apply_async(self.launchTask,(i,task, initTask,finalTask)+args,kwargs,callback=callWrapUp, error_callback=self.errorHandler)      
-      #_=parPool.apply_async(self.launchTask,(task, initTask,finalTask)+args,kwargs, error_callback=self.errorHandler)      
-    #prTime(0,'Dopo apply async in  parForExtPool ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++')
-    nThreadEnd=0
-    while True:
-      try:
-        #(procId,flagHasWorked)=com.qOut.get_nowait()
-        (_,_)=com.qOut.get_nowait()
-        #p=wrapUp(procId,flagHasWorked,p,*args,**kwargs)
-        nThreadEnd+=1
-        #if nThreadEnd==1: prTime(f"fine nThreadEnd={nThreadEnd}  procId={procId}")
-        if nThreadEnd==self.numUsedCores: 
-          break
-      except queue.Empty :
-        #prTime('  except queue.Empty Prima  ')
-        if self.flagError  : break # in this case  a critical exception has been raised we should exit
-        if com.qProcessed.empty():
-          if callBack(False,None,None,None,None,None): 
-            com.eventExit.set()# in this case the process will be stopped
-            #print("com.eventExit.set()# in this case the process will be stopped")
-        else:
-          self.readQOutProcess(strOutput,flagProcessed,callBack,names,nElements)
-        #prTime('********************************\n******************************dopo  ')
-        sleep(self.sleepTime)
-
-    #prTime(f"fine parForExtPool")
-    # some of the processes may have  finished without saving the data
-    self.readQOutProcess(strOutput,flagProcessed,callBack,names,nElements)
-    com.clearAll()# just to be sure ideally only needed when self.flagError is True
-  
-    return self.p,flagProcessed,strOutput,self.flagError  
-
-  def simpleFor(self,parPool,task,names,*args,initTask=None,finalTask=None,wrapUp=None,callBack=None,**kwargs):
-    ''' parallel for main function 
-    task is the main function that is called for each value in names. 
-    optionally initTask and finalTask are called only one time per worker
-    args and kwargs are passed to all the functions.add()
-    Finally the WrapUp function is called one time per worker to wrap things up
-     '''
-    com=self.parForCom 
-    com.eventExit.clear()
-    initTask=self.initTask if initTask is None else initTask
-    finalTask=self.finalTask if finalTask is None else finalTask
-    wrapUp=self.wrapUp if wrapUp is None else wrapUp
-    callBack=self.callBack if callBack is None else callBack
-    self.flagError=False
-    self.numCalledCallbacks=0  # reset the number of called callbacks
-    nElements=len(names)
-    flagProcessed=[self.nonProcessed]*nElements #lista delle immagini processate inizialmente tutti -1 ma possiamo modificarla
-    strOutput = [None]*nElements #lista dei messaggi in output in realtà potrebbe essere di qualunque tipo
-    
-    def callWrapUp(var): 
-      self.p=wrapUp(*var,*args,**kwargs)
-      self.parForCom.qOut.put((var[0:2]))
-
-    # per ora -1 non processato, -2 errore ,numero positivo processato
-    for i,n  in enumerate(names):
-      com.q.put((i,n))
-    for _  in range(1):
-      com.q.put((-1,-1))
-    #with mp.Pool(self.numUsedCores) as pp:
-    procId=0
-    var=self.launchTask(procId,task, initTask,finalTask,*args,**kwargs)
-    callWrapUp(var)
-    nThreadEnd=0
-    while True:
-      try:
-        #(procId,flagHasWorked)=com.qOut.get_nowait()
-        (_,_)=com.qOut.get_nowait()
-        #p=wrapUp(procId,flagHasWorked,p,*args,**kwargs)
-        nThreadEnd+=1
-        #prTime(f"fine nThreadEnd={nThreadEnd}  procId={procId}  flagHasWorked={flagHasWorked}")
-        if nThreadEnd==1: 
-          break
-      except queue.Empty :
-        #prTime('********************************\n******************************Prima  ')
-        if self.flagError  : break # in this case  a critical exception has been raised we should exit
-        if com.qProcessed.empty():
-          if callBack(False,None,None,None,None,None): 
-            com.eventExit.set()# in this case the process will be stopped
-            #print("com.eventExit.set()# in this case the process will be stopped")
-        else:
-          self.readQOutProcess(strOutput,flagProcessed,callBack,names,nElements)
-        #prTime('********************************\n******************************dopo  ')
-        sleep(self.sleepTime)
-    # some of the processes may have  finished without saving the data
-    self.readQOutProcess(strOutput,flagProcessed,callBack,names,nElements)
-    return self.p,flagProcessed,strOutput  ,self.flagError    
-
-      
-  def parFor(self,task,names,*args,initTask=None,finalTask=None,wrapUp=None,callBack=None,**kwargs):
-    ''' parallel for main function 
-    task is the main function that is called for each value in names. 
-    optionally initTask and finalTask are called only one time per worker
-    args and kwargs are passed to all the functions.add()
-    callBack is called frequently and can be used to stop the parFor
-    Finally the WrapUp function is called one time per worker to wrap things up
-     '''
-    prTime(0,'Dentro parFor')
-    pfPool=ParForPool()
-    pfPool.startParPool(self.numUsedCores)
-    (p,flagProcessed,strOutput)=self.parForExtPool(pfPool.parPool,task,names,*args,initTask=initTask,finalTask=finalTask,wrapUp=wrapUp,callBack=callBack,**kwargs)
-    pfPool.closeParPool()
-    return p,flagProcessed,strOutput
-  
-
-    
-def initPoolProcesses(the_lock):
-    '''Initialize each process with a global variable lock.
-    '''
-    global lock
-    lock = the_lock  
-
-class ParForPool():
-  ''' Saves the pool '''
-  def __init__(self):
-    self.parPool=None
-    self.numCoresParPool = mp.cpu_count()//2#da decidere per intel sono /2 son i processori reali 
-  async def startParPoolAsync(self,numCoresParPool):
-    ''' dummy function to call startParPool in async'''
-    self.startParPool(numCoresParPool)
-  def startParPool(self,numCoresParPool):
-    ''' Starts the pool'''
-    the_lock = mp.Lock() # neded for prLock and the like
-    if self.parPool is None:
-      self.parPool=mp.Pool(numCoresParPool,initializer=initPoolProcesses, initargs=(the_lock,))  
-    elif self.numCoresParPool!=numCoresParPool:
-      self.parPool.close()# Si potrebbe usare terminate che ammazza tutti i processi in essere
-      self.parPool=mp.Pool(numCoresParPool)  
-    self.numCoresParPool=numCoresParPool
-  def closeParPool(self):
-    ''' Closes the pool'''
-    if self.parPool is not None:
-      self.parPool.close()# Si potrebbe usare terminate che ammazza tutti i processi in essere  
-
-async def initParForAsync(numCoresParPool):
-  ''' initialise the parPool'''
-  #prTime(0,'PIV_ParFor_Worker init')
-  pfPool=ParForPool()
-  t1=asyncio.create_task(pfPool.startParPoolAsync(numCoresParPool))
-  parForMul=ParForMul()
-  parForMul.numUsedCores=parForMul.numCoresParPool=numCoresParPool
-  await t1
-  #prTime(0,'PIV_ParFor_Worker Dopo ParForPool')
-  return (pfPool,parForMul)    
-
-
-def main():
-  ''' main '''
-  prTime(6,'start')
-  
-  pp=ParForMul()
-  #prTime(0,'Dopo ParForMul   ****************')
-  
-  pp.sleepTime=.1 # time between calls of callBack not used in this example
-  procTime=.02
-  nImg=  [x for x in range(20)]
-  #startTime = time()
-  args=(procTime,)
-  kwargs={"flagOutput":False, "mes":"fakePIV"}
-  #pp.initParPool()
-  #pp.parForCache(fakePIV,nImg,*args,**kwargs)
-  
-  pfPool=ParForPool()
-  pfPool.startParPool(pfPool.numCoresParPool)
-  #pp.simpleFor(fakePIV,nImg,*args,**kwargs)
-  pp.numUsedCores  =4
-  
-  #pp.parForExtPool(pfPool.parPool,fakePIV,nImg,*args,**kwargs)
-  pp.parForExtPool(pfPool.parPool,fakePIV,nImg,*args,**kwargs)
-  pfPool.closeParPool()
-  pp.parFor(fakePIV,nImg,*args,**kwargs)
-  #pp.parFor(fakePIV,nImg,*args,**kwargs)
-  prTime(0,'Fine')
-  
-    
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-  main()
+#import numpy as np
+#import scipy as sc
+
+prTime=PrintTA(PrintTA.blue, PrintTA.faceStd,  PrintTAPriority.medium).prTime
+pr=PrintTA(PrintTA.blue, PrintTA.faceStd,  PrintTAPriority.medium).prTime
+# pylint: disable=unused-argument
+lock=None
+def prLock( *args,**kwargs):
+  ''' print in parallel pool without overlap (slower)'''
+  try:
+    with lock:
+      PrintTA(PrintTA.blue, PrintTA.faceStd,  PrintTAPriority.medium).pr( *args,**kwargs)
+  except :
+    print(ParForMul.printExceptionPFM(flagMessage=True))
+
+def prTimeLock( *args,**kwargs):
+  ''' print in parallel pool without overlap (slower)'''
+  try:
+    with lock:
+      PrintTA(PrintTA.blue, PrintTA.faceStd,  PrintTAPriority.medium).prTime( *args,**kwargs)
+  except:
+    print(ParForMul.printExceptionPFM(flagMessage=True))
+
+def printExceptionMasterParFor(stringa='',flagMessage=False):  #timemilliseconds=-1 ***
+    ''' used to print when an exception is raised TA has decided that the printing function is a simple
+    print in this way we cannot have any problems when printing in non-compatible terminals
+    use with something like
+
+    try:
+        a=1/0
+    except :#non need to put a variable al the info are in traceback
+        printException()
+    * stringa is an additional string (to specify the point where the error comes from) 
+    * flagMessage is a flag, if true the error message is generated; default value is Flag_DEBUG
+    * flagDispDialog is a flag, if true a critical dialog appears after the exception
+    '''
+    #print(f'***** ParForMul Exception *****  Deltat={time()-PrintTA.startTime}\n{traceback.format_exc()}',*args,**kwargs)
+    #print(sys.exc_info()[2])
+    Message=""
+    if flagMessage:
+        Message+=f'Please, mail to: {__mail__}\n\n'
+        Message+=f'***** PaIRS Exception *****  time={time()-PrintTA.startTime}\n'+stringa
+        Message+=f'***** traceback.print_exc() *****  \n'
+        Message+=traceback.format_exc()
+        Message+=f'***** traceback.extract_stack() *****  \n'
+        # to print all the queue comment if not needed
+        for st in traceback.format_list(   traceback.extract_stack()):
+            if 'PAIRS_GUI' in st and 'printException'not in st:# limits to files that have  PAIRS_GUI in the path
+                Message+=st
+        Message+=f'***** PaIRS Exception -> End *****'
+    return Message
+
+  
+
+def fakePIV(iImg,procId, p, procTime, flagOutput=False, mes="fakePIV"):
+  ''' fakePIV'''
+  startTime = time()
+  #print(f'reading Img {iImg} pid={os.getpid()} pid={mp.current_process().pid}')
+  #print(f'reading Img {iImg}  pid={mp.current_process().pid} procId={procId}')
+  #sleep(0.5)
+  #print(f'Finished reading Img {iImg}')
+  
+  a=0
+  count=1*1000*1000#on my pc 10*1000*1000=1sec
+  nIt=1
+  while nIt<2000000: 
+    for _ in range(count):
+      a+=5#random.random()   
+    if time()-startTime>procTime: 
+      break
+    nIt+=1
+  if flagOutput:
+    print(f'fine proc Img {iImg} Nit={nIt} t={time()-startTime}   mes={mes}')
+  return (0,f'fine proc Img {iImg} Nit={nIt} t={time()-startTime}   mes={mes}')
+  
+  #return iImg
+
+class ParForCom():
+  ''' Comunication varibles used by ParFor'''
+  def __init__(self):
+    #prTime(0,'Dentro ParForCom Com')
+    manager=mp.Manager()#si potrebbe creare un lock al posto della variabile globale qui cercare su internet 
+    #prTime(0,'Dentro ParForCom dopo manager')
+    self.q = manager.Queue()
+    self.qOut= manager.Queue()
+    self.qProcessed= manager.Queue()
+    self.eventExit = manager.Event()
+  
+  def clearAll(self):
+    ''' Clears all the queues'''
+    self.clear(self.q)
+    self.clear(self.qOut)
+    self.clear(self.qProcessed)
+
+    
+    
+  def clear(self,q:queue):
+    '''clears a Queue'''
+    try:
+      while True:
+        q.get_nowait()
+    except queue.Empty:
+        pass
+
+
+
+class ParForMul():
+  ''' class Parallel for for PIV '''
+  printExceptionPFM=printExceptionMasterParFor #class variable
+  def __init__(self):
+    #prTime(0,'Dentro ParForMul inizio')
+    self.parForCom:ParForCom=ParForCom()
+    # valori impostabili dall'esterno
+    self.sleepTime=1. # waiting to do things
+    self.nonProcessed=0 # waiting to do things
+    #self.numUsedCores =psutil.cpu_count(logical=False)
+    ## numUsedCores is the number of cores used fo processing and can be different from numCoresParPool that is the number of cores used in the parPool
+    self.numCoresParPool=self.numUsedCores = mp.cpu_count()//2#da decidere per intel  /2 sono i processori reali 
+    #prTime(0,'Dentro ParForMul fine')
+    self.numCalledCallbacks=0 # identify the times that the callbacks have been called
+    self.p=None
+    self.flagError=False
+    self.exception=None
+
+
+  def initTask(self,eventExit,name,procId,*args,**kwargs):
+    ''' dummy InitTask sample 
+    id is the id of the task should be a numeber between 1 and numUsedCores
+    if needed initTask should call the main task with name
+    '''
+    
+    (flag,var)=fakePIV(name, procId,('initTask',2), *args,**kwargs)
+    return (flag,var,('initTask',2))
+
+  def wrapUp(self,procId,flagHasWorked,P,*args,**kwargs):
+    ''' Dummy wrapUp function '''
+    if flagHasWorked:#do something
+      pass
+    return P
+
+  def callBack(self,flag,perc,procId,flagOutFromTask, name,varOutFromTask):
+    ''' Dummy callBack function
+    perc=percentage of processed images
+    flag=true new data False just check exit
+    perc= precentage done
+    flagOutFromTasks,varOutFromTask Out variables from task  e.g.:
+      flagOutFromTasks= 0 success, 1 skipped, -1 error, -2 blocked from caller
+      varOutFromTask whatever for now string
+      name current element in names
+    to stop the process the return value should be True otherwise sleep  '''
+    if not flag:
+      return False  
+    return False
+
+  def finalTask(self,procId,*args,**kwargs):
+    ''' dummy final finalTask function 
+    id is the id of the task should be a numeber between 1 and numUsedCores'''
+    return ('finalTask',2)
+
+  def launchTask(self,procId,task,initTask,finalTask,  *args,**kwargs):
+    ''' the main parallel function first calls initTask (eventExit is an event that enables the safe exit)
+        then for all the element in the queue q calls task with the variable returned by initTask 
+        finally calls finalTask puts in the queue qOut the final result '''
+    # aggiunto try così almeno ci rendiamo conto se c'è un errore
+    '''
+    try: 
+      procId=mp.current_process()._identity[0]
+    except:
+      procId=0 # '''
+    #pid=mp.current_process().pid
+    flagHasWorked=False#if true the task has processed at least one element
+    #if  procId==2: prTimeLock(f"launchTask ||||||||||||  Inizio    procId={procId} flagHasWorked={flagHasWorked} ")
+    media=None
+    try:
+      i,n=self.parForCom.q.get()#  the first time task must be called by initTask
+      if i!=-1:
+        flagHasWorked=True
+        (flag,var,P)=initTask(self.parForCom.eventExit,n,procId,*args,**kwargs)
+        self.parForCom.qProcessed.put((procId,flag,i,var))
+        while True:
+          i,n=self.parForCom.q.get()
+          if i==-1:
+            break
+          (flag,var)=task(n,procId,P,*args,**kwargs)
+          self.parForCom.qProcessed.put((procId,flag,i,var))
+        media=finalTask(procId,P,*args,**kwargs)# media should be different from None
+    except Exception as e:
+      raise(e) # I do not really care to have a full report if in debug it may be important
+      #ParForMul.printExceptionPFM()
+    flagHasWorked=False if media is None else flagHasWorked #if true the task has processed at least one element and media should be different from None
+    return (procId,flagHasWorked,media)
+
+  def readQOutProcess(self,strOutput,flagProcessed,callBack,names,nElements):
+    ''' reads the qOut queue save the data and calls callback'''
+    com=self.parForCom 
+    while not com.qProcessed.empty():
+      (procId,flag,i,var)=com.qProcessed.get_nowait()
+      perc=1-(com.q.qsize()-self.numUsedCores)/nElements#
+      strOutput[i]=var
+      flagProcessed[i]=flag
+      
+      #prLock(f'callBack {i}  {perc} {com.q.qsize()}')
+      if callBack(True,perc,procId,flag,names[i],var):
+        com.eventExit.set()# in this case the process will stop
+      self.numCalledCallbacks+=1
+
+  def errorHandler(self,error):
+    ''' error function '''
+    #self.errorMessage=ParForMul.printExceptionPFM(flagMessage=True)
+    self.exception=error
+    self.flagError=True
+    self.parForCom.eventExit.set()# in this case the process will stop
+    #raise(error)
+  def parForExtPool(self,parPool,task,names,*args,initTask=None,finalTask=None,wrapUp=None,callBack=None,**kwargs):
+    ''' parallel for main function with external mp pool 
+    task is the main function that is called for each value in names. 
+    optionally initTask and finalTask are called only one time per worker
+    args and kwargs are passed to all the functions.add()
+    callBack is called frequently and can be used to stop the parFor
+    Finally the WrapUp function is called one time per worker to wrap things up
+     '''
+    #prTime(0,'Dentro parForExtPool')
+  
+    com=self.parForCom 
+    com.eventExit.clear()
+    initTask=self.initTask if initTask is None else initTask
+    finalTask=self.finalTask if finalTask is None else finalTask
+    wrapUp=self.wrapUp if wrapUp is None else wrapUp
+    callBack=self.callBack if callBack is None else callBack
+    self.flagError=False
+    self.numCalledCallbacks=0  # reset the number of called callbacks
+    nElements=len(names)
+    flagProcessed=[self.nonProcessed]*nElements #lista delle immagini processate inizialmente tutti -1 ma possiamo modificarla
+    strOutput = [None]*nElements #lista dei messaggi in output in realtà potrebbe essere di qualunque tipo
+    def callWrapUp(var): 
+      self.p=wrapUp(*var,*args,**kwargs)
+      self.parForCom.qOut.put((var[0:2])) #procid , flagHasWorked
+      #prTime(f"callWrapUp fine procid={var[0]} ")
+
+    # per ora -1 non processato, -2 errore ,numero positivo processato
+    for i,n  in enumerate(names):
+      com.q.put((i,n))
+    for _  in range(self.numUsedCores):
+      com.q.put((-1,-1))
+
+    for i  in range(self.numUsedCores):
+      _=parPool.apply_async(self.launchTask,(i,task, initTask,finalTask)+args,kwargs,callback=callWrapUp, error_callback=self.errorHandler)      
+      #_=parPool.apply_async(self.launchTask,(task, initTask,finalTask)+args,kwargs, error_callback=self.errorHandler)      
+    #prTime(0,'Dopo apply async in  parForExtPool ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++')
+    nThreadEnd=0
+    while True:
+      try:
+        #(procId,flagHasWorked)=com.qOut.get_nowait()
+        (_,_)=com.qOut.get_nowait()
+        #p=wrapUp(procId,flagHasWorked,p,*args,**kwargs)
+        nThreadEnd+=1
+        #if nThreadEnd==1: prTime(f"fine nThreadEnd={nThreadEnd}  procId={procId}")
+        if nThreadEnd==self.numUsedCores: 
+          break
+      except queue.Empty :
+        #prTime('  except queue.Empty Prima  ')
+        if self.flagError  : break # in this case  a critical exception has been raised we should exit
+        if com.qProcessed.empty():
+          if callBack(False,None,None,None,None,None): 
+            com.eventExit.set()# in this case the process will be stopped
+            #print("com.eventExit.set()# in this case the process will be stopped")
+        else:
+          self.readQOutProcess(strOutput,flagProcessed,callBack,names,nElements)
+        #prTime('********************************\n******************************dopo  ')
+        sleep(self.sleepTime)
+
+    #prTime(f"fine parForExtPool")
+    # some of the processes may have  finished without saving the data
+    self.readQOutProcess(strOutput,flagProcessed,callBack,names,nElements)
+    com.clearAll()# just to be sure ideally only needed when self.flagError is True
+  
+    return self.p,flagProcessed,strOutput,self.flagError  
+
+  def simpleFor(self,parPool,task,names,*args,initTask=None,finalTask=None,wrapUp=None,callBack=None,**kwargs):
+    ''' parallel for main function 
+    task is the main function that is called for each value in names. 
+    optionally initTask and finalTask are called only one time per worker
+    args and kwargs are passed to all the functions.add()
+    Finally the WrapUp function is called one time per worker to wrap things up
+     '''
+    com=self.parForCom 
+    com.eventExit.clear()
+    initTask=self.initTask if initTask is None else initTask
+    finalTask=self.finalTask if finalTask is None else finalTask
+    wrapUp=self.wrapUp if wrapUp is None else wrapUp
+    callBack=self.callBack if callBack is None else callBack
+    self.flagError=False
+    self.numCalledCallbacks=0  # reset the number of called callbacks
+    nElements=len(names)
+    flagProcessed=[self.nonProcessed]*nElements #lista delle immagini processate inizialmente tutti -1 ma possiamo modificarla
+    strOutput = [None]*nElements #lista dei messaggi in output in realtà potrebbe essere di qualunque tipo
+    
+    def callWrapUp(var): 
+      self.p=wrapUp(*var,*args,**kwargs)
+      self.parForCom.qOut.put((var[0:2]))
+
+    # per ora -1 non processato, -2 errore ,numero positivo processato
+    for i,n  in enumerate(names):
+      com.q.put((i,n))
+    for _  in range(1):
+      com.q.put((-1,-1))
+    #with mp.Pool(self.numUsedCores) as pp:
+    procId=0
+    var=self.launchTask(procId,task, initTask,finalTask,*args,**kwargs)
+    callWrapUp(var)
+    nThreadEnd=0
+    while True:
+      try:
+        #(procId,flagHasWorked)=com.qOut.get_nowait()
+        (_,_)=com.qOut.get_nowait()
+        #p=wrapUp(procId,flagHasWorked,p,*args,**kwargs)
+        nThreadEnd+=1
+        #prTime(f"fine nThreadEnd={nThreadEnd}  procId={procId}  flagHasWorked={flagHasWorked}")
+        if nThreadEnd==1: 
+          break
+      except queue.Empty :
+        #prTime('********************************\n******************************Prima  ')
+        if self.flagError  : break # in this case  a critical exception has been raised we should exit
+        if com.qProcessed.empty():
+          if callBack(False,None,None,None,None,None): 
+            com.eventExit.set()# in this case the process will be stopped
+            #print("com.eventExit.set()# in this case the process will be stopped")
+        else:
+          self.readQOutProcess(strOutput,flagProcessed,callBack,names,nElements)
+        #prTime('********************************\n******************************dopo  ')
+        sleep(self.sleepTime)
+    # some of the processes may have  finished without saving the data
+    self.readQOutProcess(strOutput,flagProcessed,callBack,names,nElements)
+    return self.p,flagProcessed,strOutput  ,self.flagError    
+
+      
+  def parFor(self,task,names,*args,initTask=None,finalTask=None,wrapUp=None,callBack=None,**kwargs):
+    ''' parallel for main function 
+    task is the main function that is called for each value in names. 
+    optionally initTask and finalTask are called only one time per worker
+    args and kwargs are passed to all the functions.add()
+    callBack is called frequently and can be used to stop the parFor
+    Finally the WrapUp function is called one time per worker to wrap things up
+     '''
+    prTime(0,'Dentro parFor')
+    pfPool=ParForPool()
+    pfPool.startParPool(self.numUsedCores)
+    (p,flagProcessed,strOutput)=self.parForExtPool(pfPool.parPool,task,names,*args,initTask=initTask,finalTask=finalTask,wrapUp=wrapUp,callBack=callBack,**kwargs)
+    pfPool.closeParPool()
+    return p,flagProcessed,strOutput
+  
+
+    
+def initPoolProcesses(the_lock):
+    '''Initialize each process with a global variable lock.
+    '''
+    global lock
+    lock = the_lock  
+
+class ParForPool():
+  ''' Saves the pool '''
+  def __init__(self):
+    self.parPool=None
+    self.numCoresParPool = mp.cpu_count()//2#da decidere per intel sono /2 son i processori reali 
+  async def startParPoolAsync(self,numCoresParPool):
+    ''' dummy function to call startParPool in async'''
+    self.startParPool(numCoresParPool)
+  def startParPool(self,numCoresParPool):
+    ''' Starts the pool'''
+    the_lock = mp.Lock() # neded for prLock and the like
+    if self.parPool is None:
+      self.parPool=mp.Pool(numCoresParPool,initializer=initPoolProcesses, initargs=(the_lock,))  
+    elif self.numCoresParPool!=numCoresParPool:
+      self.parPool.close()# Si potrebbe usare terminate che ammazza tutti i processi in essere
+      self.parPool=mp.Pool(numCoresParPool)  
+    self.numCoresParPool=numCoresParPool
+  def closeParPool(self):
+    ''' Closes the pool'''
+    if self.parPool is not None:
+      self.parPool.close()# Si potrebbe usare terminate che ammazza tutti i processi in essere  
+
+async def initParForAsync(numCoresParPool):
+  ''' initialise the parPool'''
+  #prTime(0,'PIV_ParFor_Worker init')
+  pfPool=ParForPool()
+  t1=asyncio.create_task(pfPool.startParPoolAsync(numCoresParPool))
+  parForMul=ParForMul()
+  parForMul.numUsedCores=parForMul.numCoresParPool=numCoresParPool
+  await t1
+  #prTime(0,'PIV_ParFor_Worker Dopo ParForPool')
+  return (pfPool,parForMul)    
+
+
+def main():
+  ''' main '''
+  prTime(6,'start')
+  
+  pp=ParForMul()
+  #prTime(0,'Dopo ParForMul   ****************')
+  
+  pp.sleepTime=.1 # time between calls of callBack not used in this example
+  procTime=.02
+  nImg=  [x for x in range(20)]
+  #startTime = time()
+  args=(procTime,)
+  kwargs={"flagOutput":False, "mes":"fakePIV"}
+  #pp.initParPool()
+  #pp.parForCache(fakePIV,nImg,*args,**kwargs)
+  
+  pfPool=ParForPool()
+  pfPool.startParPool(pfPool.numCoresParPool)
+  #pp.simpleFor(fakePIV,nImg,*args,**kwargs)
+  pp.numUsedCores  =4
+  
+  #pp.parForExtPool(pfPool.parPool,fakePIV,nImg,*args,**kwargs)
+  pp.parForExtPool(pfPool.parPool,fakePIV,nImg,*args,**kwargs)
+  pfPool.closeParPool()
+  pp.parFor(fakePIV,nImg,*args,**kwargs)
+  #pp.parFor(fakePIV,nImg,*args,**kwargs)
+  prTime(0,'Fine')
+  
+    
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  main()