[petsc-dev] Backend independent VecGetArray for GPUs

Matthew Knepley knepley at gmail.com
Mon Oct 27 07:06:56 CDT 2014


On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 6:30 AM, Lisandro Dalcin <dalcinl at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 27 October 2014 13:49, Lisandro Dalcin <dalcinl at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 1) petsc4py will provide a method Vec.getCUDAAddress() that will
> > return a plain Python integer (and a corresponding
> > restoreCUDAAddress()). Any other name to suggest? Using "CUDAArray"
> > would be a bit misleading in Python land.
>
> Perhaps "getCUDAHandle()" is better? Please help me to decide, I'm
> really bad at naming things.


I like handle. That is the traditional name.

  Thanks,

    Matt


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