[SOSlib-discuss] copyVariableState() and setVariableValue() issues

[Eric F. <efe...@ph...>]

Hi,

I am wondering if there are not issues with copyVariableState(),
probably I do not use it correctly.

I am trying to run a model (very large and complex, using many events)
for a couple of steps, and then want to transfer the species values to a
new, fresh integrator instance, and run again using the final variable
state of the first integrator instance as the initial conditions of the
second integrator instance. (That is to simulate a checkpoint.)

First method I use is copyVariableState(). The problem is that very
often I get convergence test errors and other weird stuff (some species
becoming negative) that happen for particular values of the steps used
in the first instance. Some step values work like a charm, some others
lead to these issues. Am I doing this wrong ?

The second method, was to dump all the species names/values at the end
of the first instance integration in an array. Then I create a second
integrator instance and use a loop over my array to initialise all
corresponding values, using setVariableValue(). The really weird stuff
here, is that when I start again the integrator, it is as if it were
reset: it uses the initial conditions of the model, not the one set with
setVariableValue(). Is it normal ? Or do I make something wrong here ?

Thanks for the help,
Eric