[petsc-dev] DMCartesian vs DMMesh?

[Barry Smith]

On Nov 14, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Matthew Knepley wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
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>   Also since Mesh is a generic word but DMMesh is built on Sieve should DMMesh be renamed to DMSieve?
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> I don't like that, because no one will understand what we are talking about. DMMesh makes sense. I might be
> alright with DMUnstructuredMesh, but that is overkill.
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>    Matt

   DMMesh is kind of like having a PCPRECONDITIONER

   Barry

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>   Barry
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