[petsc-dev] DAGet[Ghosted]Coordinates and refcounts

[Barry Smith]

On Aug 2, 2010, at 9:38 AM, Lisandro Dalcin wrote:

> DAGet[Ghosted]Coordinates return a new reference to the coordinate
> vector. However, this is not the usual pattern of other XXXGetYYY
> calls...

      What do you suggest? (1)  Provide a DARestoreCoordinates() that does the dereference?  (2) remove the reference from the calls (3) change the name from get?

      I like (1) but it is kind of artificial.

   Barry

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