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-[project]
-name = "smoldyn"
-version = "2.7"
-description = "Add your description here"
-readme = "README.md"
-authors = [{ name = "Dilawar Singh", email = "dilawar.s.rajput@gmail.com" }]
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
-dependencies = []
-
-[project.scripts]
-smoldyn = "smoldyn:main"
-
-[tool.scikit-build]
-minimum-version = "build-system.requires"
-build-dir = "build/{wheel_tag}"
-
-[tool.uv]
-cache-keys = [
-    { file = "pyproject.toml" },
-    { file = "source/**/*.{h,c,hpp,cpp}" },
-    { file = "CMakeLists.txt" },
-]
-
-[build-system]
-requires = ["scikit-build-core>=0.10", "pybind11"]
-build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"