[petsc-dev] ugliness due to missing lapack routines

[Jed Brown]

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 12:09 AM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> > I would consider it based on the value of that tweak, acknowledging that
> changing CPP in any way presents a severe workflow contortion.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variadic_macro  ?


Yes, variadic macros are a very useful C99 feature, obviating the need for
all these numbered macros, but also allowing really crazy shit like

http://arxiv.org/abs/1003.2547
https://github.com/CObjectSystem/COS


I think COS is over the top, but it's an example of how much a tiny tweak
can change things.
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