Skip to content

Add the option to load a WarpX input file from PICMI #5283

Open
@RemiLehe

Description

@RemiLehe

When switching from using the WarpX executable to using Python/PICMI (e.g. in order to take advantage of the Python callback functions), users usually have to rewrite their input script from scratch. (i.e. switching from the input script syntax to the PICMI syntax)

This is often time consuming and error prone. Instead it could be useful to have the option to load an input script in Python, e.g.:

sim = Simulation.from_input_script( './inputs_3d' )  # loads an existing input script
installcallback('afterstep', myplots)  # optional: add callback function
sim.step()  # runs the simulation

One could use a syntax similar to the one in ImpactX:
https://github.com/ECP-WarpX/impactx/blob/24.09/src/python/ImpactX.cpp#L79

which relies on:
https://github.com/AMReX-Codes/pyamrex/blob/development/src/Base/ParmParse.cpp#L33

See also:
AMReX-Codes/amrex#4156

Metadata

Metadata

Assignees

Type

No type

Projects

No projects

Milestone

No milestone

Relationships

None yet

Development

No branches or pull requests

Issue actions