Re: [Libmesh-devel] We need a new NumericVector::init() argument

[Roy S. <roy...@ic...>]

On Sat, 31 Jan 2009, Tim Kroeger wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Roy Stogner wrote:
>
>> I think we need another argument to init.  Probably a boolean with a
>> sane default value so as not to break API compatibility, but I'm not
>> sure on the details yet.
>
> What about an enum type for that?  It could take the values AUTOMATIC (which 
> would be the default and mimic the current implementation), SERIAL, PARALLEL, 
> and GHOSTED.  Also, the vector should then store this information (preferably 
> in the base class) and make it readable. This would then also replace my 
> is_ghosted() method.

This sounds like a big improvement over my boolean idea.  Unless
anyone else has input, I'll implement this tomorrow.
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Roy