matlab-set-up-worker-state

Set up worker environment and per-worker state for parallel pools. Use when code needs paths, environment variables, database connections, loaded libraries, or expensive objects available on workers before parfor/parfeval runs. Teaches parallel.pool.Constant, parfevalOnAll, and parpool name-value pairs. Also use when refactoring existing code that uses spmd for side-effect setup (an anti-pattern). Triggers: worker setup, pool constant, per-worker state, non-serializable, loadlibrary on workers, database connection parfor, addpath workers, spmd before parfor, worker environment, reduce parfor overhead, parfor setup, resource creation in parallel loop, cannot serialize error, undefined function or variable on workers error, load data per worker, reduce data transfer, parallelize setup, improve parallel code.