Robin De Schepper

Scheduler API additions

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**Describe the feature you need** I would like some extra Python features for schedulers: * Default "all events" `.events()` equal to `.events(0, float("inf"))` * join operator (pref `|`, `+` might...

Convenience method for GIDs on local domain

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Currently Python users have to concatenate the gids of all the cell groups on their domain: ```python domains = arbor.partition_load_balance(recipe, context) gids = set(itertools.chain.from_iterable(g.gids for g in domains.groups)) ``` For...

Drawing of the recipe timeline in recipe docs

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It would be useful to see the timeline how recipes are consumed, which functions are called in what order, and what things does arbor do in between etc. It would...

Fixture dev docs

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I added a bit of a fixture system and it's already doing a good job at deduplicating prerequisites in the Python unit tests, where can I put the dev docs...

Provide better `gpu` configuration information at runtime

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**Describe the feature you need** One needs to pass a `--gpu` flag to `ABC` to enable gpu support in the catalogue. In most (/all?) cases this needs to match whatever...

Arbor Instant 🐛 🪦 Mode

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**Describe the feature you need** Arbor Instant Bug Squash Mode: Turn on a flag, and run a dryrun of the model building phase, where errors like this are immediately raised...

Some objects don't have a constructor signature in the Python API docs: * [`gap_junction_connection`](https://docs.arbor-sim.org/en/stable/python/interconnectivity.html#arbor.gap_junction_connection) * [`spike_detector`](https://docs.arbor-sim.org/en/stable/python/interconnectivity.html#arbor.spike_detector) * [`cell_global_label`](https://docs.arbor-sim.org/en/stable/python/cell.html#arbor.cell_global_label) * [`cell_local_label`](https://docs.arbor-sim.org/en/stable/python/cell.html#arbor.cell_local_label)

`label_dict` does not behave like a `dict`

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* Misses parts of the `dict` interface: * `fromkeys` * `items` * `keys` * `values` * `pop` * `popitem` * `get` * `setdefault` * `update` * `clear` * `__reversed__` *...

Document return types for recipe method implementations

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The API docs on recipe's at https://docs.arbor-sim.org/en/latest/python/recipe.html#arbor.recipe.cell_description list all the functions one should implement and describe in prose what each function is supposed to do. For most functions this is...

A flag could be added to the `build-catalogue` script so that `build-catalogue --python-pkg` instead of a shared library produces a source distribution whose install produces: * A shared library object...