cadnaPromise 0.0.8

Precision auto-tuning of floating-point variables in program

Install

To install cadnaPromise, simply use the pip command in terminal:

pip install cadnaPromise

after that, to activate the cadnaPromise, use the command in terminal:

activate-cadna

Dependencies

The installation of cadnaPromise requires the the following Python libraries: colorlog, colorama, pyyaml, regex.

The compiling of cadnaPromise requires g++. Please ensure the installation of above libraries for a proper running of cadnaPromise.

Usage

In terminal, simply enter the command bellow:

promise -h | --help
promise (hsd|hs|sd) [options]

Options:

-h --help                     Show this screen.
--conf CONF_FILE              get the configuration file [default: promise.yml]
--output OUTPUT               set the path of the output (where the result files are put)
--verbosity VERBOSITY         set the verbosity (betwen 0  and 4 for very low level debug) [default: 1]
--log LOGFILE                 set the log file (no log file if this is not defined)
--verbosityLog VERBOSITY      set the verbosity of the log file
--debug                       put intermediate files into debug/ (and compileErrors/ for compilation errrors) and display the execution trace when an error comes
--run RUN                     file to be run
--compile COMMAND             command to compile the code
--files FILES                 list of files to be examined by Promise (by default, all the .cc files)
--nbDigits DIGITS             general required number of digits
--path PATH                   set the path of the project (by default, the current path)
--pause                       do pause between steps
--noParsing                   do not parse the C file (__PROMISE__ are replaced and that's all)
--alias ALIAS                 allow aliases (examples "g++=g++-14") [default:""]
hsd                           Half/Single/Double mixed-precision
hs                            Half/Single mixed-precision
sd                            Single/Double mixed-precision

Acknowledgements

cadnaPromise is an adaptive version of Promise2. Promise2 (Hilaire et al) is a full rewriting of the first PROMISE version (Picot et al).

This work was supported by the France 2030 NumPEx Exa-MA (ANR-22-EXNU-0002) project managed by the French National Research Agency (ANR). Promise2 has been developed with the financial support of the COMET project Model-Based Condition Monitoring and Process Control Systems, hosted by the Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH.