Python Wrapper

The python wrapper is one to one with the Splines library.

## Requirements

The wrapper uses the Github version of pybind11, and it is not compatible with the pip version (that lacks cmake support).

In order to compile pybind11 (commands valid on a Unix machine, Win version should apply some minor modifications):

export PYTHON_TARGET=/usr/bin/python3 # or /usr/bin/python2 for py2 version
git clone https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git
cd pybind11
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=$PYTHON_TARGET ..
sudo make install -j8

Compile the wrapper

It is possible to compile the wrapper for both python 2 and 3. In order to compile the wrapper:

export PYTHON_TARGET=/usr/bin/python3 # or /usr/bin/python2 for py2 version
cd src_py
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=$PYTHON_TARGET ..
make install -j8

The shared object to be imported in python is stored in {splines_dir}/lib/lib/Splines.{ext}, near the Splines static library.

Usage

In python:

import sys
sys.path.insert(0, "{splines_dir}/lib/lib")

import Splines

help(Splines)

The wrapper wraps one to one the original C++ library, the same interface should be expected.