Create a new multiprocess.Manager (or return existing one).

  Args:
    :authkey: string authorization key
    :queues: *INTERNAL_USE*
    :mode: 'local' indicates that the manager will only be accessible from the same host, otherwise remotely accessible.

  Returns:
    A TFManager instance, which is also cached in local memory of the Python worker process.

def start(authkey, queues, mode='local'):
  """Create a new multiprocess.Manager (or return existing one).

  Args:
    :authkey: string authorization key
    :queues: *INTERNAL_USE*
    :mode: 'local' indicates that the manager will only be accessible from the same host, otherwise remotely accessible.

  Returns:
    A TFManager instance, which is also cached in local memory of the Python worker process.
  """
  global mgr, qdict, kdict
  qdict.clear()
  kdict.clear()
  for q in queues:
    qdict[q] = JoinableQueue()

  TFManager.register('get_queue', callable=lambda qname: _get_queue(qname))
  TFManager.register('get', callable=lambda key: _get(key))
  TFManager.register('set', callable=lambda key, value: _set(key, value))
  if mode == 'remote':
    mgr = TFManager(address=('', 0), authkey=authkey)
  else:
    mgr = TFManager(authkey=authkey)
  mgr.start()
  return mgr