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+from setuptools import setup, Extension, Distribution
+import setuptools.command.build_ext
+
+import sys
+import sysconfig
+import distutils.sysconfig
+
+
+# FIXME this has to be set from outside!
+sharp_libpath='/home/martin/codes/sharp2/.libs'
+
+class _deferred_pybind11_include(object):
+    def __init__(self, user=False):
+        self.user = user
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        import pybind11
+        return pybind11.get_include(self.user)
+
+
+def _remove_strict_prototype_option_from_distutils_config():
+    strict_prototypes = '-Wstrict-prototypes'
+    config = distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars()
+    for key, value in config.items():
+        if strict_prototypes in str(value):
+            config[key] = config[key].replace(strict_prototypes, '')
+
+
+_remove_strict_prototype_option_from_distutils_config()
+
+
+extra_cc_compile_args = []
+include_dirs = ['../',
+                _deferred_pybind11_include(),
+                _deferred_pybind11_include(True)]
+
+python_module_link_args = []
+
+if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+    extra_cc_compile_args.append('--std=c++11')
+    extra_cc_compile_args.append('--stdlib=libc++')
+    extra_cc_compile_args.append('-mmacosx-version-min=10.9')
+
+    vars = distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars()
+    vars['LDSHARED'] = vars['LDSHARED'].replace('-bundle', '')
+    python_module_link_args.append('-bundle')
+    builder = setuptools.command.build_ext.build_ext(Distribution())
+    full_name = builder.get_ext_filename('libsharp')
+else:
+    extra_cc_compile_args += ['-fopenmp', '-march=native', '-O3', '-ffast-math']
+    python_module_link_args += ['-fopenmp', '-march=native']
+    extra_cc_compile_args.append('--std=c++11')
+    python_module_link_args.append("-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN")
+
+
+def get_extension_modules():
+    return [Extension('pysharp',
+                      sources=['pysharp.cc'],
+                      include_dirs=include_dirs,
+                      extra_compile_args=extra_cc_compile_args,
+                      libraries=["sharp"],
+                      library_dirs=[sharp_libpath],
+                      extra_link_args=python_module_link_args)]
+
+
+setup(name='pysharp',
+      version='0.0.1',
+      description='Python bindings for libsharp',
+      include_package_data=True,
+      author='Martin Reinecke',
+      author_email='martin@mpa-garching.mpg.de',
+      packages=[],
+      setup_requires=['numpy>=1.10.4', 'pybind11>=2.2.1'],
+      ext_modules=get_extension_modules(),
+      install_requires=['numpy>=1.10.4', 'pybind11>=2.2.1']
+      )