import multiprocessing
from itertools import repeat
import ctypes

list_1 = ["bob", "joe", "fred"]
list_index = [0, 1, 2]

def function_1(index_num, name, shared_array):
    shared_array[index_num] = name

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pool = multiprocessing.Pool(processes = 3)
    shared_arr = multiprocessing.Array(ctypes.c_wchar_p, ["", "", ""])
    pool.starmap(function_1, zip(list_index, list_1, repeat(shared_arr, 3)))
    pool.close()
    pool.join()

import multiprocessing
from itertools import repeat
import ctypes

list_1 = ["bob", "joe", "fred"]
list_index = [0, 1, 2]
shared_arr = multiprocessing.Array(ctypes.c_wchar_p, ["", "", ""])

def function_1(index_num, name):
    shared_arr[index_num] = name

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pool = multiprocessing.Pool(processes = 3)
    pool.starmap(function_1, zip(list_index, list_1))
    pool.close()
    pool.join()
    print(shared_arr[0])