[ENH]: Robust imports of optional dependencies (nvvm, nvJitLink) #980
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cuda.core
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
xref: #907 (comment)
Copy-pasting for easy reference:
When we do it, we should:
- apply the suggestion you have above for NVVM
- apply the same approach to nvJitLink:
- ensure cuda-pathfinder is a dependency of cuda-core (today we get it indirectly through cuda-bindings)
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Based on POC code posted here: #907 (comment)
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