fixes #761

Author: jph00

fastcore/parallel.py

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ def g(_obj_td, *args, **kwargs):
             _obj_td.result = res
         @wraps(f)
         def _f(*args, **kwargs):
-            res = (Thread,Process)[process](target=g, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
+            Proc = get_context('fork').Process if sys.platform == 'darwin' else Process
+            res = (Thread,Proc)[process](target=g, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
             res._args = (res,)+res._args
             res.start()
             return res
@@ -158,7 +159,8 @@ async def limited_task(item):
 # %% ../nbs/03a_parallel.ipynb #da364301
 def run_procs(f, f_done, args):
     "Call `f` for each item in `args` in parallel, yielding `f_done`"
-    processes = L(args).map(Process, args=arg0, target=f)
+    Proc = get_context('fork').Process if sys.platform == 'darwin' else Process
+    processes = L(args).map(Proc, args=arg0, target=f)
     for o in processes: o.start()
     yield from f_done()
     processes.map(Self.join())

nbs/02_foundation.ipynb

@@ -4416,27 +4416,6 @@
     "You can use `Config.find` to search subdirectories for a config file, starting in the current path if no path is specified:"
    ]
   },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "id": "5f858954",
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [
-    {
-     "data": {
-      "text/plain": [
-       "'fastcore'"
-      ]
-     },
-     "execution_count": null,
-     "metadata": {},
-     "output_type": "execute_result"
-    }
-   ],
-   "source": [
-    "Config.find('settings.ini').repo"
-   ]
-  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "id": "c856bdd5",
@@ -4457,7 +4436,10 @@
    ]
   }
  ],
- "metadata": {},
+ "metadata": {
+  "solveit_dialog_mode": "learning",
+  "solveit_ver": 2
+ },
  "nbformat": 4,
  "nbformat_minor": 5
 }