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19 (** Simple forking parallel primitives. *)
21 val iter : ('a -> unit) -> 'a list -> unit
22 (** [iter f xs] iterates over each member [x] of the list [xs],
23 running [f x] in parallel in a forked subprocess. If [f] throws
24 an exception then the function exits with an error. *)
26 val map : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a list -> bytes list
27 (** [map f xs] maps over each member [x] of the list [xs], running
28 [f x] in parallel in a forked subprocess.
30 The list of {b marsalled} values from [f] is returned - you have
31 to unmarshall them (to get back the ['b]) using
32 {!Marshal.from_bytes}.
34 If [f] throws an exception, then the function exits with an