<p dir="ltr">DM means "da mediator" [1] ;-)</p>
<p dir="ltr">It is an interface that has been around for a long time and I'm not sure that a longer descriptive name would help. DMComplex, on the other hand was new in 3.3 and not really ready for use at that time. It's still young enough that a name change won't cause much pain, but we have to do it soon.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Are there any serious objections to me renaming it to DMPlex?<br></p>
<p dir="ltr">[1] "discretization module/manager" is an alternate backronym.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 1, 2013 8:36 AM, "Karl Rupp" <<a href="mailto:rupp@mcs.anl.gov">rupp@mcs.anl.gov</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi,<br>
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Can DMComplex also be used with real numbers? ;-)<br>
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Yes, still the most commonly-asked question, and not likely to be fixed<br>
by popularity. The new year sounds like a good excuse to fix this<br>
confusion. Possible suggestions to fight the confusion:<br>
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* DMPlex - short and pronounceable<br>
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I prefer this name over the two others.<br>
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* DMCC - "Cell Complex"<br>
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* DMCW - from "CW Complex"<br>
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Matt, can we choose something and do the batch rename soon (before<br>
petsc-3.4)? I'll make you an auto-generated deprecated compatibility<br>
header if you want that.<br>
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I'm sick of needlessly confusing users.<br>
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Other suggestions:<br>
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* DMCellComplex - a bit lengthy, but expressive. Four additional letters<br>
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* DMCellSpace - a CW complex is a class of spaces, but a user usually refers to a particular space. It's only two more letters than DMComplex.<br>
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Furthermore, is 'DM' sufficiently expressive? I know that there is a whole family of DM*-functionality, but if we change the name of something as fundamental as DMComplex, then one can also think about adjusting the prefix as well (if required)...<br>
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Best regards and happy new year,<br>
Karli<br>
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