siconos.utils module

Tools used during configuration and build process (most of them used in CMake files, during build or runtime).

This file is to be copied into CMAKE_BINARY_DIR/share using configure_file

Siconos is a program dedicated to modeling, simulation and control of non smooth dynamical systems.

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siconos.utils.parse_cmake_list(var)[source]

Transform cmake list-like variables into python lists.

Parameters:
  • var (string) – like “a;b;c”

  • list (If var is already a)

  • list

  • nothing. (does)

  • Example:: – a = parse_cmake_list(“var1;var2;var3;”) # –> a = [‘var’, ‘var2’, ‘var3’]

siconos.utils.parse_cmake_info(path)[source]

Parse a CMake-generated info file

into a Python dictionary.

Each line of the file has the format:

KEY=val1;val2;val3

Empty values are filtered out.

Example output:
{

“INCLUDE_DIRS”: [“/usr/include”, “/usr/local/include”], “LIBS”: [“siconos_mechanics”, “siconos_kernel”], …

}

siconos.utils.format_list_multiline(values, indent=4, comment=False)[source]

Format a python list in a more readable way (new lines and so on)