From fcd4d7ceb70964a4419e2ab56324cb5658615dc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 21:15:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] make PyLammps() constructor take the same arguments as
 lammps() and forward them as needed

---
 python/lammps.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/lammps.py b/python/lammps.py
index 168aa8fab0..23ba28a599 100644
--- a/python/lammps.py
+++ b/python/lammps.py
@@ -387,9 +387,12 @@ class PyLammps(object):
   See examples/ipython for usage
   """
 
-  def __init__(self, lmp=lammps()):
+  def __init__(self,name="",cmdargs=None,ptr=None,comm=None):
+    if ptr:
+      self.lmp = ptr
+    else:
+      self.lmp = lammps(name=name,cmdargs=cmdargs,ptr=None,comm=comm)
     print("LAMMPS output is captured by PyLammps wrapper")
-    self.lmp = lmp
 
   @property
   def atoms(self):