[petsc-dev] sizeof(PetscInt) from buildsystem

[Garth N. Wells]

On 2014-05-06 10:12, Jed Brown wrote:
> r<#secure method=pgpmime mode=sign>
> "Garth N. Wells" <gnw20 at cam.ac.uk> writes:
>> Not ideal, and I guess it's not platform-independent, i.e. Windows.
>> 
>> I could build a trivial program that printfs sizeof(PetscInt), but my
>> first preference would be to extend our current approach using make 
>> and
>> petscvariables.
> 
> Is make running on windows without grep?
> 

I don't know - that's why I used 'guess'.

> We try to avoid duplicating information because some people (and
> vendors) insist on editing files produced by configure.  If information
> resides in more than one place (e.g., a makefile and petscconf.h), they
> will invariably change the files inconsistently and then email us when
> something breaks.  They will start by sending no files, then send the
> unmodified file, and only after extensive coaxing, send the modified
> file.  Meanwhile, they will have "forgotten" that they modified any
> files and insist that something must be wrong with configure.  When
> asked to reproduce, they will use a different machine/environment and 
> so
> on.
> 
> Anyway, I'd rather not duplicate this information.

Ok. To switch to static typemaps I'll build a test program that calls 
sizeof(PetscInt).

Garth