do_in_parallel: Do a function in parallel.
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do_in_parallel

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Do a function in parallel.

This is an internal function. The function_to_do is done in parallel and its output is saved either on slave (locally) or on master.

do_in_parallel(
  function_to_do,
  function_params,
  save_to_file,
  save_params,
  socket_names,
  libraries,
  save_locally = TRUE
)

`function_to_do`	this is the function that will be done in parallel
`function_params`	a list where `function_params[[i]]` is a named list of parameters to be passed to `function_to_do` for job `i`
`save_to_file`	function that saves stuff to file
`save_params`	a list where `save_params[[i]]` is a named list of parameters to be passed to `save_to_file` for job `i`. Each `save_params[[i]]` must include `out_dir`, which is location where file is to be saved.
`socket_names`	quoting from `makePSOCKcluster`: "either a character vector of host names on which to run the worker copies of R, or a positive integer (in which case that number of copies is run on localhost)."
`libraries`	character vector of R packages that will be needed on the slaves.
`save_locally`	if TRUE, then files will be saved on slaves. If FALSE, they will be saved on master.