From 08638223ca13c83c7a1daa58d896e41538b01f17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Awni Hannun <awni@apple.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 06:30:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix including stubs in wheel (#2398)

* fix including stubs in wheel

* fix bool_
---
 setup.py | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6cc4015c3..915426559 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from functools import partial
 from pathlib import Path
 from subprocess import run
 
-from setuptools import Command, Extension, setup
+from setuptools import Command, Extension, find_namespace_packages, setup
 from setuptools.command.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel
 from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
 
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ class GenerateStubs(Command):
         # Run again without recursive to specify output file name
         subprocess.run(["rm", f"{out_path}/mlx.pyi"])
         subprocess.run(stub_cmd + ["-o", f"{out_path}/__init__.pyi"])
+        # mx.bool_ gets filtered by nanobind because of the trailing
+        # underscore, add it manually:
+        with open(f"{out_path}/__init__.pyi", "a") as fid:
+            fid.write("\nbool_: Dtype = ...")
 
 
 class MLXBdistWheel(bdist_wheel):
@@ -184,12 +188,19 @@ with open(Path(__file__).parent / "README.md", encoding="utf-8") as f:
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     package_dir = {"": "python"}
-    packages = [
-        "mlx",
-        "mlx.nn",
-        "mlx.nn.layers",
-        "mlx.optimizers",
-    ]
+    packages = find_namespace_packages(
+        where="python",
+        exclude=[
+            "src",
+            "tests",
+            "scripts",
+            "mlx.lib",
+            "mlx.include",
+            "mlx.share",
+            "mlx.share.**",
+            "mlx.include.**",
+        ],
+    )
 
     build_macos = platform.system() == "Darwin"
     build_cuda = "MLX_BUILD_CUDA=ON" in os.environ.get("CMAKE_ARGS", "")
@@ -221,7 +232,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         },
     )
 
-    package_data = {"mlx": ["lib/*", "include/*", "share/*"], "mlx.core": ["*.pyi"]}
+    package_data = {"mlx.core": ["*.pyi"]}
 
     extras = {
         "dev": [