Integer DA's

[Barry Smith]

   You can compile PETSc so vectors can contain with double precision,  
single precision or double
complex. There is no support for integers. If you are using these as  
just part of some code
then you can just use the double vector and store integers in them.  
Unless the bulk of your
code involves moving integers between processes then you wouldn't even  
notice any difference
in performance. If you entire code involves only moving integers  
between processes then
PETSc is likely not the right tool for you.

    Barry

On Jul 21, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Milad Fatenejad wrote:

> Hello:
> I was wondering if it was possible to have distributed arrays that
> contain integers, instead of floating point numbers? If so, is it
> possible to have DA's represent arrays of any type?
>
> Thanks
> Milad Fatenejad
>