This is general comment on installation of the DOLFIN interface. No doubt, the header files define the interface to DOLFIN. These files are installed somewhere, and we have tools (like pkg-config) to find out how to use the interface (locate, compile, link). Additionally, I will argue that the SWIG interface files also belong to the DOLFIN interface. For a user to extend DOLFIN, and then expose these extensions to Python such that the type information is correct, the SWIG interface files are needed. In SWIG, to propagate type information correctly between separate modules, the %import-directive must be used _on the interface files_. Since these interface files are currently not considered part of the interface, we have no tools (like pkg-config) to resolve the location, or swig-options, of the Python interface.
I therefore suggest that we add the swig-interface files when installing DOLFIN. The simplest solution is to install the files the same place as the header files (relatively to the source layout), since the interface files use relative %include. I.e.: $PREFIX/include/dolfin/swig/*.i Comments and objections are welcome. Ola _______________________________________________ DOLFIN-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.fenics.org/mailman/listinfo/dolfin-dev
