.. index:: llvmlite
.. _llvmlite:

llvmlite
========

Description
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llvmlite is a lightweight LLVM-Python binding for writing JIT compilers. It is included for use with :ref:`Numba`.

User instructions
-----------------

llvmlite is available via the modules system.  To add it to your environment run:

.. code-block:: bash

    $ module load llvmlite/0.19.0

Documentation is available at https://llvmlite.readthedocs.io

Source
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https://github.com/numba/llvmlite
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/llvmlite

License
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BSD 2-clause "Simplified" license.

Admin notes
-----------

Both python2 and python3 versions were installed through pip. This also pulls in a more recent enum into the same module.

.. code-block:: bash

    PYTHONUSERBASE=/common/debian/9.1/PythonPackages/python/2.7/llvmlite/llvmlite-0.19.0 pip install --upgrade llvmlite
    PYTHONUSERBASE=/common/debian/9.1/PythonPackages/python/3.5/llvmlite/llvmlite-0.19.0 pip3 install --upgrade llvmlite