[petsc-dev] VecRestoreArrayRead and const

[Matthew Knepley]

Is this a new function? Or do you mean just VecGetArray?

   Matt

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 5:56 AM, Jed Brown <jed at 59a2.org> wrote:

> It seems to me that every correct use of this function should mark the
> array const, so perhaps it would make sense to have
>
>  PetscErrorCode VecGetArrayRead(Vec,const PetscScalar**);
>  PetscErrorCode VecRestoreArrayRead(Vec,const PetscScalar**);
>
> rather than always casting away const at the call site.
>
> Jed
>



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