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[BUG]: MacMini M4 clang does not properly support pybind11

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Description

Required prerequisites
What version (or hash if on master) of pybind11 are you using?

pybind11-2.13.6

Problem description

#macOS version (macOS 15.1.1).
#Python version (Python 3.10.0).
#pybind11 version (pybind11-2.13.6 installed via pip).
#Apple clang version 16.0.0 (clang-1600.0.26.4)
#Target: arm64-apple-darwin24.1.0

The code below tests clang for a pybind11 requiring compilation on the system described above using example.cpp as target. The expectation is that example.so will be created. That example is not created and instead results in an error message having to do with an inavailability of pybind11.h Several compile attempts were made using different parameters.

Reproducible example code
#macOS version (macOS 15.1.1).
#Python version (Python 3.10.0).
#pybind11 version (pybind11-2.13.6 installed via pip).
#Apple clang version 16.0.0 (clang-1600.0.26.4)
#Target: arm64-apple-darwin24.1.0

example.cpp

include <pybind11/pybind11.h>

namespace py = pybind11;

int add(int i, int j) {
    return i + j;
}

PYBIND11_MODULE(example, m) {
    m.def("add", &add, "A function which adds two numbers");
}

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clang++ -std=c++11 -shared -fPIC `python3 -m pybind11 --includes` example.cpp -o example.so

Also tried

clang++ -std=c++11 -shared -fPIC $(python3-config --includes) example.cpp -L$(python3-config --libdir) -lpython3.10 -o example.so

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example.so is expected but none is found.  Error message is:
Usage: /Users/bgold/.pyenv/versions/3.10.0/bin/python3-config [--prefix|--exec-prefix|--includes|--libs|--cflags|--ldflags|--extension-suffix|--help|--abiflags|--configdir|--embed]
example.cpp:1:10: fatal error: 'pybind11/pybind11.h' file not found
    1 | #include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.

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NB: ls -l env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pybind11/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
-rw-r--r--  1 user  staff  129898 Nov 28 08:09 env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pybind11/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
Is this a regression? Put the last known working version here if it is.

Not a regression

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Research direction

Start with the provided example.cpp and reproduce the clang++ command using the pybind11 installation under env/lib/python3.10/site-packages. Check the output of python3 -m pybind11 --includes and whether the reported include path resolves; done means the command finds pybind11/pybind11.h and creates example.so on the stated macOS and Python setup.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, python
Domain
api
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
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Newbie friendliness
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