<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div> 1) It violated the PETSc style guides of NOT having _'s in the names of XXXType. <div> The reason we have the guides is make parts of PETSc as consistent as possible, hence easier to remember and know immediately what type of thing something is.</div><div> 2) It was very close name to the PETSC_VIEWER_XXXX_ making code harder for humans to parse quickly.</div><div><br></div><div> Barry</div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 1, 2010, at 2:55 PM, Srinath Vadlamani wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Why do:<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><u style="text-decoration: none;"><b style=""><ul style="text-decoration: underline;">
<li>PETSC_VIEWER_XXXX is now PETSCVIEWERXXX</li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><>Srinath</span></span></div></b></u></span></div>
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