Python infrastructure improvements #2719
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Python infrastructure improvements
This pull request makes some changes to the Python infrastructure in OpenFAST. It includes #2680 from @faisal-bhuiyan (merged into another branch) which brought a major refactoring of
aerodyn_inflow_library.pyand some of the Python infrastructure in r-test. Additionally, I've consolidated the existing Python interfaces (aerodyn_inflow, inflow wind, hydrodyn, moordyn, fastlib) into a pip-installable package calledOpynFAST😜 .While this pull request is relatively small in scope, it sets up additional changes to the Python infrastructure in the future. Currently, there is a ton of boilerplate Python code in the OpenFAST repository. In an effort to make what exist more reusable, I wanted to start migrating it into a pip-installable package that can be used like below instead of having to manually include a variety of paths:
The long term hope is that this package can evolve into a useful interface to drive OpenFAST modules. The scope here is distinct from
openfast_iothough closely related.