Add cc alias for libtiledb (#2145)

Author: kounelisagis

tiledb/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import ctypes
 import os
 import sys
+import warnings
 
 if os.name == "posix":
     if sys.platform == "darwin":
@@ -107,6 +108,29 @@
 __version__ = version.version
 group_create = Group.create
 
+# Create a proxy object to wrap libtiledb and provide a `cc` alias
+class CCProxy:
+    def __init__(self, module):
+        self._module = module
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        warnings.warn(
+            "`tiledb.cc` is deprecated. Please use `tiledb.libtiledb` instead.",
+        )
+        return getattr(self._module, name)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        warnings.warn(
+            "`tiledb.cc` is deprecated. Please use `tiledb.libtiledb` instead.",
+        )
+        return self._module.__repr__()
+
+
+cc = CCProxy(libtiledb)
+sys.modules["tiledb.cc"] = cc
+cc = cc
+del CCProxy
+
 # Note: we use a modified namespace packaging to allow continuity of existing TileDB-Py imports.
 #       Therefore, 'tiledb/__init__.py' must *only* exist in this package.
 #       Furthermore, in sub-packages, the `find_packages` helper will not work at the