[1/2] Implement multiprocessing-based parallel plotting

parallel_plot_helper.py

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+import multiprocessing
+
+def run_plot_task(task):
+    """Execute a single plotting task.
+    
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    task : tuple
+        A tuple of (function, args_tuple) where function is a callable
+        plotting function and args_tuple contains its arguments.
+    """
+    func, args = task
+    return func(*args)
+
+
+def run_plot_tasks_parallel(plot_tasks):
+    """Execute a list of independent plotting tasks in parallel.
+
+    Uses the 'fork' context to create worker processes so that the main
+    script is NOT re-imported/re-executed in child processes.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    plot_tasks : list of tuples
+        Each element is (function, args_tuple).
+    """
+    ctx = multiprocessing.get_context('fork')
+    with ctx.Pool() as pool:
+        pool.map(run_plot_task, plot_tasks)