try alternative API for expe module

expe.py

@@ -1,46 +1,49 @@
+import subprocess
+import itertools
+
+
+def batchsplit(axe, njobs):
+    for i in range(0,len(axe),njobs):
+        yield axe[i:i+njobs]
+
+
+def batchrun(key, jobs, params, cmd_tpl):
+        procs = []
+        for job in jobs:
+            params[key] = job
+            cmd = cmd_tpl.format(**params)
+            p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True)
+            procs.append(p)
+
+        for job in procs:
+            job.wait()
+
+
+def expe(axes):
+    for p in itertools.product(*[axes[k] for k in axes]):
+        params = {}
+        for i in range(len(axes)):
+            params[list(axes.keys())[i]] = p[i]
+        yield params
+
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import os
     import subprocess
 
-    # can = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    #
-    # can.add_argument("-n", "--nb-sensors", metavar="NB", default=3, type=int,
-    #         help="Number of sensors")
-    #
-    # can.add_argument("-r", "--sensor-range", metavar="RATIO", default=0.3, type=float,
-    #         help="Sensors' range (as a fraction of domain width)")
-    #
-    # can.add_argument("-w", "--domain-width", metavar="NB", default=30, type=int,
-    #         help="Domain width (a number of cells)")
-    #
-    # can.add_argument("-i", "--iters", metavar="NB", default=100, type=int,
-    #         help="Maximum number of iterations")
-    #
-    # the = can.parse_args()
-
     const_args=" --nb-sensors 5 --sensor-range 0.2 --domain-width 50 --iters 10000"
     solvers = ["num_greedy","bit_greedy","num_rand","bit_rand"]
-    nbruns = 100
+    nbruns = 2
     outdir = "results"
 
     if not os.path.exists(outdir):
         os.mkdir(outdir)
 
+    cmd_tpl = "python3 snp.py --no-plot --dir {outdir} --seed {{seed}} --solver {{solver}}".format(outdir=outdir)
     for seed in range(nbruns):
-        procs = []
-        for solver in solvers:
-            print(seed,solver)
-            p = subprocess.Popen(
-                    "python3 snp.py "
-                    + const_args
-                    + " --no-plot --dir {} --seed {} --solver {}"
-                    .format(outdir,seed,solver),
-                    shell=True
-                )
-            procs.append(p)
-
-        for proc in procs:
-            proc.wait()
+        for params in expe({"seed":[seed]}):
+            for by_four in batchsplit(solvers, 4):
+                batchrun("solver", by_four, params, cmd_tpl)