[Python] multiprocessing.pool.Pool string back to object

I'm trying to send a pool to a string and then get it back later to close/join the pool. Here's an example of how to duplicate what I'm doing:

import multiprocessing

num_of_p = 5
_pool = multiprocessing.Pool(num_of_p)
pool_string = str(_pool)


Is there a way to turn pool_string back into a multiprocessing.pool.Pool object?

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