"""
This is an implementation of odd-even transposition sort.
It works by performing a series of parallel swaps between odd and even pairs of
variables in the list.
This implementation represents each variable in the list with a process and
each process communicates with its neighboring processes in the list to perform
comparisons.
They are synchronized with locks and message passing but other forms of
synchronization could be used.
"""
from multiprocessing import Lock, Pipe, Process
process_lock = Lock()
"""
The function run by the processes that sorts the list
position = the position in the list the process represents, used to know which
neighbor we pass our value to
value = the initial value at list[position]
LSend, RSend = the pipes we use to send to our left and right neighbors
LRcv, RRcv = the pipes we use to receive from our left and right neighbors
resultPipe = the pipe used to send results back to main
"""
def oe_process(position, value, l_send, r_send, lr_cv, rr_cv, result_pipe):
global process_lock
for i in range(10):
if (i + position) % 2 == 0 and r_send is not None:
process_lock.acquire()
r_send[1].send(value)
process_lock.release()
process_lock.acquire()
temp = rr_cv[0].recv()
process_lock.release()
value = min(value, temp)
elif (i + position) % 2 != 0 and l_send is not None:
process_lock.acquire()
l_send[1].send(value)
process_lock.release()
process_lock.acquire()
temp = lr_cv[0].recv()
process_lock.release()
value = max(value, temp)
result_pipe[1].send(value)
"""
the function which creates the processes that perform the parallel swaps
arr = the list to be sorted
"""
def odd_even_transposition(arr):
process_array_ = []
result_pipe = []
for _ in arr:
result_pipe.append(Pipe())
temp_rs = Pipe()
temp_rr = Pipe()
process_array_.append(
Process(
target=oe_process,
args=(0, arr[0], None, temp_rs, None, temp_rr, result_pipe[0]),
)
)
temp_lr = temp_rs
temp_ls = temp_rr
for i in range(1, len(arr) - 1):
temp_rs = Pipe()
temp_rr = Pipe()
process_array_.append(
Process(
target=oe_process,
args=(i, arr[i], temp_ls, temp_rs, temp_lr, temp_rr, result_pipe[i]),
)
)
temp_lr = temp_rs
temp_ls = temp_rr
process_array_.append(
Process(
target=oe_process,
args=(
len(arr) - 1,
arr[len(arr) - 1],
temp_ls,
None,
temp_lr,
None,
result_pipe[len(arr) - 1],
),
)
)
for p in process_array_:
p.start()
for p in range(len(result_pipe)):
arr[p] = result_pipe[p][0].recv()
process_array_[p].join()
return arr
def main():
arr = list(range(10, 0, -1))
print("Initial List")
print(*arr)
arr = odd_even_transposition(arr)
print("Sorted List\n")
print(*arr)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()