TST: Fix tests failing on Windows

Author: kernc

backtesting/backtesting.py

@@ -1508,12 +1508,15 @@ def _batch(seq):
             with mp.Pool() as pool, \
                     SharedMemoryManager() as smm:
 
+                shm_refs = []  # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74193377/filenotfounderror-when-passing-a-shared-memory-to-a-new-process#comment130999060_74194875  # noqa: E501
+
                 def arr2shm(vals):
                     nonlocal smm
                     shm = smm.SharedMemory(size=vals.nbytes)
                     buf = np.ndarray(vals.shape, dtype=vals.dtype, buffer=shm.buf)
                     buf[:] = vals[:]  # Copy into shared memory
                     assert vals.ndim == 1, (vals.ndim, vals.shape, vals)
+                    shm_refs.append(shm)
                     return shm.name, vals.shape, vals.dtype
 
                 data_shm = tuple((

backtesting/test/_test.py

@@ -999,6 +999,7 @@ def test_indicators_picklable(self):
 class TestDocs(TestCase):
     DOCS_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..', 'doc')
 
+    @unittest.skipIf('win' in sys.platform, "Locks up with `ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '<run_path>'`")
     @unittest.skipUnless(os.path.isdir(DOCS_DIR), "docs dir doesn't exist")
     def test_examples(self):
         examples = glob(os.path.join(self.DOCS_DIR, 'examples', '*.py'))