conversion of cmake script to scikit-build to automate building python package

Author: maartenscholl

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+################################################################################
+# Read and set the library version
+################################################################################
+FILE(READ "esl/version" version_header)
+
+STRING(REGEX MATCH "[0-9a-zA-Z_]*ESL_VERSION_MAJOR[ \t]*=[ \t]*([0-9]+)"
+        _ ${version_header})
+SET(version_major ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+
+STRING(REGEX MATCH "[0-9a-zA-Z_]*ESL_VERSION_MINOR[ \t]*=[ \t]*([0-9]+)"
+        _ ${version_header})
+SET(version_minor ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+
+STRING(REGEX MATCH "[0-9a-zA-Z_]*ESL_VERSION_REVISION[ \t]*=[ \t]*([0-9]+)"
+        _ ${version_header})
+SET(version_revision ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+
+# Enable new behaviour on this policy so we can set the version automatically.
+# enables compatibility with older versions of cmake
+CMAKE_POLICY(SET CMP0048 NEW)

CMakeVersion.txt

@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@
 #
 import sys
 
-# main module
-try:
-    from esl._esl import *
-except ImportError:
-    raise ModuleNotFoundError("Can't find ESL native module, did the compilation succeed?")
+from esl._esl import *
 
-# submodules
-from esl.simulation import *
+from esl.simulation import *