feat(initial): added portable mfem build system

python/meson_mfem_template/__init__.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def _native_search_paths() -> list[Path]:
+    package = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+    return [package / "lib", package / "lib64", package / "bin"]
+
+
+_dll_directory_handles = []
+if os.name == "nt" and hasattr(os, "add_dll_directory"):
+    for _directory in _native_search_paths():
+        if _directory.is_dir():
+            _dll_directory_handles.append(os.add_dll_directory(str(_directory)))
+
+from ._core import capabilities, mfem_version, serial_poisson_dofs  
+
+__all__ = [
+    "capabilities",
+    "get_cmake_prefix",
+    "get_include",
+    "get_lib",
+    "mfem_version",
+    "serial_poisson_dofs",
+]
+
+
+def _package_dir() -> Path:
+    return Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+
+
+def get_include() -> str:
+    """Return the wheel-local include directory containing MFEM headers."""
+    return str(_package_dir() / "include")
+
+
+def get_lib() -> str:
+    """Return the wheel-local directory containing MFEM runtime libraries."""
+    return str(_package_dir() / "lib")
+
+
+def get_cmake_prefix() -> str:
+    """Return the prefix that can be appended to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH."""
+    return str(_package_dir())