[petsc-dev] Moar namespacing

Barry Smith bsmith at mcs.anl.gov
Mon Aug 27 18:54:59 CDT 2012


On Aug 27, 2012, at 6:05 PM, Lisandro Dalcin <dalcinl at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 27 August 2012 19:56, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>> 
>>   Ok, let's not do anything today. But let's consider changing IS to PetscIS
>> 
>>    Note that will break a few things like ISLocalToGlobalMappingCreateIS
>> 
> 
> What about shortening "ISLocalToGlobalMapping"? I'm using "LGMap" in
> petsc4py, but perhaps you don't like it…

   I don't like abbreviations in general cause it increases the learning curve. What does the L the G and Map mean in LGMap? While LocalToGlobalMapping is clearer.

    Barry


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