[petsc-dev] need for C++ streams versions of routines with output?

[Barry Smith]

   Removed

On Oct 21, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Matthew Knepley wrote:

> I don't need it.
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>   Matt
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> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
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>   Is there really a need for PetscTraceBackErrorHandlerCxx() that uses C++ streams for output instead of C IO but otherwise looks very similar to PetscTraceBackErrorHandler()? It seems like a gross duplication of code (including specific error message stuff that will get out of sync between the two versions very quickly.)  It, at least needs a Developers Note: in the manual page saying why it exists when it has this troubling code duplication.
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>    Barry
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