Pyomo
Updating the Import Statement to Use GAMS new API
Summary
Updating the attempt_import statement in pyomo\solvers\plugins\solvers\GAMS.py from gdxcc to gams.core.gdx to use GAMS new API.
Rationale
The attempt_import statement returns gdxcc_available as a boolean value that parses the solver result into a .gdx file if it is true or a .dat file if it is false. The data file format may affect parsing performance post-solved.
Description
gdxcc, gdxcc_available = attempt_import('gdxcc') # old interface
gdxcc, gdxcc_available = attempt_import('gams.core.gdx') # new interface
Additional information
We are currently comparing the data parsing time after solving between the .dat and .gdx data file formats. The model used for the test and the .pkl time data will be added below.
@AnhTran01, would changing the import for GDX imply a minimum supported GAMS version (i.e., when did the import path change)?
@jsiirola we changed the structure of the api back in GAMS 45 (we just released GAMS 50 in beta a few days ago)... so the minimum version would look something like pip install gamsapi>=45
