new_contents: """Utilities for multiprocessing with Python.
  
  NOTE: The starmap kwargs mapper is based on isarandi's StackOverflow answer here:
  stackoverflow.com/questions/45718523/pass-kwargs-to-starmap-while-using-pool-in-python
  """
  from itertools import repeat
  
  
  def apply_kwargs(func, kwargs):
      """Wrapper for unpacking keyword function calls.
  
      Args:
          func (function): the function to be applied.
          kwargs (dict): the keywords and arguments for the function call.
      """
      return func(**kwargs)
  
  
  def starmap_with_kwargs(pool, func, kwargs_iter):
      """Apply starmap with keyword arguments.
  
      Args:
          pool (multiprocessing.Pool): A pool of processes.
          func (function): the function to be applied.
          kwargs_iter (list[dict]): a list of dictionaries, each of which contains the
              keywords for a separate function call.
      """
      args_for_starmap = zip(repeat(func), kwargs_iter)
      return pool.starmap(apply_kwargs, args_for_starmap)
  
subject: add starmaps wrapper