[petsc-dev] sizeof(PetscInt) from buildsystem

[Jed Brown]

Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> writes:

>> 2 would be
>>
>> import petsc.conf
>> print(petsc.conf('64-bit-indices')
>
>
> That is 1 interface

It's a namespace plus an identifying key, but whatever.  It's a huge
stretch to call your 30 lines "2 interfaces".

>> I pray in 5 years our interface is not UNIX piping and grepping. We
>> > have finally eliminated most of the horrible shell that was in our
>> > makefiles. I hope we do not go backwards.
>>
>> Then make something better.
>>
>
> According to who?

Maybe I'm totally off-base and users will be thrilled with your 30-line
script.  But BuildSystem has been around for a while and I don't see
people flocking to that interface.
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