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compile - How to execute an existing notebook with Wolfram Engine?


[My related question: mwe-for-compiling-functions-into-standalone-dll-and-calling-them-in-python - here I am exploring an alternative]


I have downloaded, installed and activated the wolfram engine (12.0) on Windows, and I have installed the WolframClient in my Python environment.


In python I execute


from wolframclient.language import wl
from wolframclient.evaluation import WolframLanguageSession

kernelLoc = 'C:\\Program Files\\Wolfram Research\\Wolfram Engine\\12.0\\WolframKernel.exe'
session = WolframLanguageSession(kernelLoc)
session.evaluate(wl.StringReverse('abc'))

and the result is 'cba' proving that the integration is working.


I have a workbook that contains all my (valid) compilable functions.


Question: how do I load & evaluate that notebook and call the compiled functions? (I could use a package file instead if that would help)


I have not (yet) found the answer by reference to the Wolfram Client documentation


Side issue: I recall that setting up my MMA 11.0.1.0 to work with Visual Studio 2017 for C compilation was... tricky. Does the Wolfram Engine have independent setup and if so how do I apply the working config for compilation from MMA to WE? Of course, if I can load the required notebook and it just works then this becomes redundant, but... expect the not-to-be-unexpected is my motto for development.


Update



Loading a Notebook requires FrontEnd, which is not available; I tried to import using NotebookImport, passing a filename and using "Input" as the style filter but also to no avail


using


nbPath = 'A:\\My Documents\\...\\ctXi_WolframEngine.nb'
mynb = session.evaluate(wl.NotebookImport(nbPath,'Input'))
mynb

I got this, which is clearly not helpful


(HoldComplete[None],
HoldComplete[None],
HoldComplete[None],

HoldComplete[None],
Failure['InterpretationFailure', {'CellStyle': 'Input', 'ContentData': BoxData, 'Cell': RawBoxes[Cell[BoxData['~'], 'Input', Rule[CellChangeTimes, (3771391298.009615,)]]]}],
HoldComplete[None],
...

Note that the notebook works perfectly well in Mathematica itself.



Answer



Provided that $Path contains an appropriate path to a package CTMisc.m the following works


session.evaluate(wlexpr('Needs["CTMisc`"]'))


Then I was able to successfully call a function yyyymmddhhmmssmsDateString[milliseconds_] defined in that package


t = session.evaluate(wlexpr('yyyymmddhhmmssmsDateString[3407800000]'))
print(t)

1900-02-09 10:36:40.000

One must be careful with the expression of strings: contexts as strings are usually written as "MyContext`" in Mathematica. I had a problem when I was trying to be too literal and declared


pkgName = '"MyContext`"'

Specified correctly one can also write e.g.



session.evaluate(wl.Get("MyContext`"))

The following function was defined in the package:


compiledTestFunction = 
Compile[{{n, _Real}, {m, _Real}},
Module[{},
Return[n * m]
];
CompilationTarget->"C", "RuntimeOptions"->"Speed"];


After Get-ting the package we define the Python function and then execute


compiledTestFunctionPython = session.function('compiledTestFunction')
compiledTestFunctionPython(2.0, 7.0)

and the result is as expected, 14.0


Conclusion: Wolfram Engine on Windows 10 with Visual Studio 2017 worked out of the box for C compilation on this MWE.


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