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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2018, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Created by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://github.com/spack/spack
+# Please also see the NOTICE and LICENSE files for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1, February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+from spack import *
+
+
+class XtensorPython(CMakePackage):
+    """Python bindings for the xtensor C++ multi-dimensional array library"""
+
+    homepage = "https://xtensor-python.readthedocs.io"
+    url      = "https://github.com/QuantStack/xtensor-python/archive/0.17.0.tar.gz"
+    maintainers = ['ax3l']
+
+    version('develop', branch='master',
+            git='https://github.com/QuantStack/xtensor-python.git')
+    version('0.17.0', '51d22e42909a81201c3421d9e119eed0')
+
+    depends_on('xtensor@0.15.1:0.15.99', when='@0.17.0:')
+    depends_on('xtl@0.4.0:0.4.99', when='@0.17.0:')
+    depends_on('py-pybind11@2.2.1', when='@0.17.0:')
+
+    depends_on('py-numpy')
+    depends_on('python', type=('build', 'link', 'run'))
+
+    extends('python')
+
+    def cmake_args(self):
+        spec = self.spec
+
+        python_exe = spec['python'].command.path
+
+        args = [
+            '-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE={0}'.format(python_exe)
+        ]
+        return args