libyt Documents

version 0.1.0

libyt is an open source C library for simulation. It is an in situ analysis tool that allows researchers to analyze and visualize data using yt or other Python packages in parallel during simulation runtime.

Contents

• How to Install: how to get libyt?

• How it Works: what is happening behind the scene?

• Example: this demonstrates how to implement libyt in simulation step by step.

• libyt API: this is for simulation developers that wish to implement libyt.

• In Situ Python Analysis: this is for users that are using libyt to do in situ analysis.

• Debug and Time Profiling: how to check inputs and run time profiling in libyt.

Label Meanings

• means libyt only borrows the variable and does not make a copy.

• means more information on this topic.

• means things we should be careful.

• means things we are trying to improve.