infer_eppic_dist_names

PlasmaCalcs.hookups.eppic.eppic_io_tools.infer_eppic_dist_names(filename='eppic.i', *, missing_ok=True)

return dict of {distnumber: name} for all dists in eppic.i file.

name will be None if failed to infer the name.

name is inferred from comment lines above the lines like dist=N.

if not missing_ok, name must be inferred for all dists, otherwise crash.

Comments with names have a few different possible formats:

1) “; [anything] distribution: name”.

Possibly using ‘ ‘ or ‘-’ instead of ‘:’, and possibly using ‘dist’ instead of distribution.

Also, possibly have another comment afterwards, e.g. “; [anything] dist - name ; [anything]”.

2) “; [anything] — name — [anything]”,

with at least 3 ‘-’ on either side, and nonzero whitespace between the ‘-’ and the name.