pip install for cppad_py

[bradbell]

I noticed that cmeel creates a wheel for CppAD; see
https://pypi.org/project/cmeel-cppad/20220000.4/

Do you think this technology could be used to easily create a pip install for cppad_py ?; see
https://cppad-py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setup_py.html

If we were to try this, I would suggest starting with include_mixed false; see
https://cppad-py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/get_cppad_sh.html#get-cppad-sh-settings-include-mixed

[nim65s]

Hi @bradbell,

https://github.com/cmake-wheel/cmeel-cppad was initially meant for https://github.com/Simple-Robotics/pycppad ; but as https://github.com/bradbell/cppad_py is also using CMake, It should be possible to distribute a wheel for it.
I'll give it a try in the week

[bradbell]

Just to provide background, once the cppad_mxied package is included one gets an AD enabled python interface to Ipopt; for example, see
https://cppad-py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/mixed_optimize_fixed_2_py.html

[nim65s]

Hi @bradbell,

I gave it a short try, and notice that CMake is not the primary configuration step: some of it is handle by setup.py, so this is not directly compatible with cmeel. I'll probably be able to dig further and workaround this issue, and I started a bit in this direction, but I'm currently taking a month off, so don't expect much progress soon