docs: def parallel(func, inputs, n_jobs, expand_args=False):
      """
      Convenience wrapper around joblib's parallelization.
      """
      if expand_args:
          return Parallel(n_jobs=n_jobs)(delayed(func)(*args) for args in inputs)
      else:
          return Parallel(n_jobs=n_jobs)(delayed(func)(arg) for arg in inputs)