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[Johan Hake <hake@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 12 March 2009 09:55:45 Johannes Ring wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem when running some PyDOLFIN tests on Windows:
>
> [snip]
> RuntimeError: In instant.recompile: The module did not compile, see
> 'c:\docume~1\fenics~1\locals~1\temp\tmpwjyrxt2009-3-12-09-33_instant\form_b
>76a58d1149728584878f64b9d080412d3223f47\compile.log'
>
> Looking at compile.log reveals that it cannot find swig\ufc.i:
>
> form_b76a58d1149728584878f64b9d080412d3223f47.i(29): Error: Unable to find
> 'swig\ufc.i'
>
> The problem seems to be how swig_cmd is defined in setup.py in the same
> folder:
>
>   swig_cmd = 'swig -python -Ic:\fenicsslave\local\include -c++ ...'
>
> When the string swig_cmd is sent to os.system in the next step (in
> setup.py) the command actually becomes
>
>   swig -python -Ic:fenicsslavelocalinclude -c++ ...
>
> which obviously do not work.
>
> I'm not sure if this should be fixed in Instant or in FFC but I suggest to
> make swig_cmd a raw string by prefixing it with 'r', that is in
> src/instant/codegeneration.py:
>
> -        swig_cmd ='swig -python %s %s %s'
> +        swig_cmd = r'swig -python %s %s %s'

I think it is here, in instant, that we should correct it.

Johan