Does buildtool offer parallel task execution

Very little information is available on the new buildtool and buildplan features in R2022B. I cannot install R2022B at this time but would like to know if is is able to run independent tasks in parallel on a multicore processor. If so, does that require the Parallel Computing Toolbox?

[Praharshita]

The Parallel Computing Toolbox is required to run independent tasks in parallel on a multicore processor.

Refer to the following link for more information regarding this query.

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/101192-how-can-i-use-the-parallel-computing-toolbox-to-run-multiple-simulink-simulations-in-a-parallel-or-d

[Walter Roberson]

That does not reply to the question of whether you can be compiling multiple files simultaneously.

[Benjamin Thompson]

So back to STAFF @praharshitha swayampakula, when using buildtool and buildplan in R2022B, can the tool run multiple tasks in parallel if they are independent, and if so, does that require the parallel processing toolbox?

[Erik Voigt]

I am also very interested in this. When reading the doc it does not look like it can spawn of tasks to individual workers....guess its in the making (I hope).

FYI we have made our own buildtool years ago, including parallelling. When the Mathworks buildtool can do all we need we likely will migrate to that instead.

Answer 1

[Tushar Sharma]

Hi Benjamin,

Yes, beginning with MATLAB release R2024a, the buildtool can execute builds in parallel, provided you have the Parallel Computing Toolbox.

Currently, this option affects only how matlab.buildtool.tasks.TestTask instances run. If you specify the -parallel option, the build runs the tests associated with TestTask instances in parallel.

You may refer to this doc - buildtool - Invoke build tool - MATLAB.