made it so that one can persist the slaves

bin/slave.py

@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ class QueueManager(BaseManager): pass
 QueueManager.register('get_inqueue' )
 QueueManager.register('get_outqueue')
 
+def work(inq, outq, g):
+  outq.put((myname, "ready"))
+
+  while True:
+    i, o, e, X = inq.get()
+    if i == None:
+      break
+    a = g.run_baker(X, order = o, extra_points = e)
+    outq.put((i, myname, a['qlin'], a['error'], a['final'], exact(X)))
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   parser = OptionParser(usage = "usage: %s [options] <server> <gmsh file>")
@@ -29,12 +39,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     help="specify the port to use on the server (default: %default)")
 
   (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
   if len(args) != 2:
     parser.print_usage()
     sys.exit(1)
 
   server, input_file = args
-  myname = options.label
 
   m = QueueManager(address=(server, options.port), authkey='asdf')
   m.connect()
@@ -45,13 +55,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
   g = ggrid(input_file)
   g.q = np.array([exact(x) for x in g.verts])
 
-  outq.put((myname, "ready"))
-
-  while True:
-    i, o, e, X = inq.get()
-    if i == None:
-      break
-    a = g.run_baker(X, order = o, extra_points = e)
-    outq.put((i, myname, a['qlin'], a['error'], a['final'], exact(X)))
+  work(inq, outq, g)
 
+  myname = options.label
   print "%s finished" % myname