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-/*
- * python.cpp
- * 
- * Copyright 2018 Maximilian Reininghaus <maximilian.reininghaus@kit.edu>
- * 
- * This file is part of ngC.
- * 
- * ngC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- * 
- * ngC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- * 
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- * 
- */
-
-#include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
-#include "ParticleID.hpp"
-
-/* 
- * to compile, cd to ngc/build and
- *     g++ -shared -fPIC -std=c++14 -I /usr/include/python3.5/ \
- *     -I ../pybind11/include/  -I ../include \
- *     -o example`python3-config --extension-suffix` ../src/python.cpp
- * then open a python3 shell and import example
- */
-
-PYBIND11_MODULE(example, m) {
-    m.doc() = "pybind11 example plugin"; // optional module docstring
-        
-    pybind11::enum_<ngc::ParticleID>(m, "ParticleID")
-        .value("gamma", ngc::ParticleID::GAMMA)
-        .value("positron", ngc::ParticleID::POSITRON)
-        .value("electron", ngc::ParticleID::ELECTRON)
-        .value("mu_p", ngc::ParticleID::MU_P)
-        .value("mu_m", ngc::ParticleID::MU_M);
-        // to be continued...
-}