Merge pull request #170 from wjp/feature_flags

Add support for checking features at run-time

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/python/astra/astra.py b/python/astra/astra.py
index ef46db1..e74d29a 100644
--- a/python/astra/astra.py
+++ b/python/astra/astra.py
@@ -54,6 +54,20 @@ def get_gpu_info(idx=-1):
     """
     return a.get_gpu_info(idx)
 
+def has_feature(feature):
+    """Check a feature flag.
+
+    These are used to check if certain functionality has been
+    enabled at compile time, if new functionality is present, or if
+    a backward-incompatible change is present.
+
+    See include/astra/Features.h for a list.
+
+    :param feature: The name of the feature
+    :type feature: :class:`str`
+    :returns: :class:`bool` -- The presence of the feature
+    """
+    return a.has_feature(feature)
 
 def delete(ids):
     """Delete an astra object.