Function options_to_TOML() adds special handling for Enum

moment_kinetics/src/file_io.jl

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ using ..type_definitions: mk_float, mk_int
 using LibGit2
 using MPI
 using Pkg
-using TOML
 
 @debug_shared_array using ..communication: DebugMPISharedArray
 
@@ -335,7 +334,7 @@ function write_provenance_tracking_info!(fid, parallel_io, run_id, restart_time_
         # Convert input_dict into a TOML-formatted string so that we can store it in a
         # single variable.
         io_buffer = IOBuffer()
-        TOML.print(io_buffer, input_dict)
+        options_to_TOML(io_buffer, input_dict)
         input_string = String(take!(io_buffer))
         write_single_value!(provenance_tracking, "input", input_string,
                             parallel_io=parallel_io,

moment_kinetics/src/input_structs.jl

@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ export io_input
 export pp_input
 export geometry_input
 export set_defaults_and_check_top_level!, set_defaults_and_check_section!,
-       Dict_to_NamedTuple
+       options_to_TOML, Dict_to_NamedTuple
 
 using ..communication
 using ..type_definitions: mk_float, mk_int
 
 using MPI
+using TOML
 
 """
 """
@@ -722,4 +723,25 @@ function Dict_to_NamedTuple(d)
     return NamedTuple(Symbol(k)=>v for (k,v) ∈ d)
 end
 
+"""
+    options_to_toml(io::IO [=stdout], data::AbstractDict; sorted=false, by=identity)
+
+Convert `moment_kinetics` 'options' (in the form of a `Dict`) to TOML format.
+
+This function is defined so that we can handle some extra types, for example `Enum`.
+
+For descriptions of the arguments, see `TOML.print`.
+"""
+function options_to_TOML(args...; kwargs...)
+    function handle_extra_types(x)
+        if isa(x, Enum)
+            return string(x)
+        else
+            error("Unhandled type $(typeof(x)) for x=$x")
+        end
+    end
+
+    return TOML.print(handle_extra_types, args...; kwargs...)
+end
+
 end

moment_kinetics/src/parameter_scans.jl

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ export get_scan_inputs, generate_scan_input_files
 
 using ..command_line_options: get_options
 using ..moment_kinetics_input: read_input_file
+using ..input_structs: options_to_TOML
 
 using Glob
 using OrderedCollections: OrderedDict
-using TOML
 
 """
     get_scan_inputs(scan_inputs::AbstractDict)
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ function generate_scan_input_files(scan_input::AbstractDict, dirname::AbstractSt
             # The run name will be created from the name of the input file, so do not need
             # to save "run_name" in the file.
             pop!(input, "run_name")
-            TOML.print(io, input)
+            options_to_TOML(io, input)
         end
     end