[petsc-dev] VecRestoreArrayRead and const

[Matthew Knepley]

I am cool with it.

   Matt

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 7:42 AM, Jed Brown <jed at 59a2.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:23:20 -0500, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Is this a new function? Or do you mean just VecGetArray?
>
> This introduces VecRestoreArrayRead, but the array is still not marked
> const.
>
>  http://petsc.cs.iit.edu/petsc/petsc-dev/rev/bf752c718a45
>
> It actually has different behavior than the usual VecRestoreArray, but I
> would prefer a symmetric interface with a VecGetArrayRead that is
> equivalent to VecGetArray except for a const array.  This is as much an
> issue about symmetry and grepability as not littering the code with
> (PetscScalar**) casts.
>
> Jed
>



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