[petsc-dev] post 3.1 reorganization of PETSc DMMG code

[Lisandro Dalcin]

On 3 April 2010 23:32, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why would you attach an option instead of having an equiv API call?
>

Do PETSc have an equivalent API call for every option you can set
using options database?

> Strings
> are ALWAYS a bad interface.

But they are generic... I would love to to have a
{KSP|PC|SNES|TS}SetOptions() to pass name,value pairs of options...
Right now, every time I need it, I have to play with the GLOBAL
options database.

Think about MPI_Info ... Without it, the MPI API should be far more
complex for very little to gain... IMHO, your "ALWAYS" is  a bit
strong :-)



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