set_parallel: Parallelization with Futures and BiocParallel

In methyvim: Targeted, Robust, and Model-free Differential Methylation Analysis

Description

Easily set up a suitable parallelization scheme using the various options provided in BiocParallel and packages of the future ecosystem. INTERNAL USE ONLY.

Usage

set_parallel(parallel = c(TRUE, FALSE), future_param = NULL, bppar_type = NULL)

Arguments

parallel	Logical indicating whether parallelization ought to be used. Parallelization is invoked via a combination of BiocParallel and future. If TRUE the default method uses multiprocess evaluation, though other future::plans may be specified using an optional argument. If FALSE, sequential computation is used and a warning message is issued.
future_param	Character (if not NULL) specifying a particular parallelization approach to be used. For a list of the options, see the documentation for future::plan. If the previous argument (parallel) is set to FALSE, this argument is ignored and sequential computation is invoked via future::sequential.
bppar_type	Character specifying the type of backend to be used with the parallelization invoked by BiocParallel. Consult the manual page for BiocParallel::BiocParallelParam for possible types and descriptions on their appropriate uses. The default for this argument is NULL, which silently uses BiocParallel::DoparParam.

Value

Nothing. This function is designed to be called for its side-effect of registering a parallel backend (for BiocParallel) and/or future::plan, making parallel computation a trivial process.

methyvim documentation built on Nov. 8, 2020, 11:11 p.m.