.. class:: SharedMemoryManager([address[, authkey]])

:module: multiprocessing.managers

A subclass of :class:`~multiprocessing.managers.BaseManager` which can be

used for the management of shared memory blocks across processes.

.. doctest::

:options: +SKIP

>>> from multiprocessing import shared_memory

>>> smm = shared_memory.SharedMemoryManager()

>>> from multiprocessing.managers import SharedMemoryManager

>>> smm = SharedMemoryManager()

>>> smm.start() # Start the process that manages the shared memory blocks

>>> sl = smm.ShareableList(range(4))

>>> sl

.. doctest::

:options: +SKIP

>>> with shared_memory.SharedMemoryManager() as smm:

>>> with SharedMemoryManager() as smm:

... sl = smm.ShareableList(range(2000))

... # Divide the work among two processes, storing partial results in sl

... p1 = Process(target=do_work, args=(sl, 0, 1000))