[petsc-dev] MatGetBlockSize[s]() before prellocation

[Barry Smith]

On Nov 1, 2013, at 10:56 AM, Jed Brown <jedbrown at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> Lisandro Dalcin <dalcinl at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Currently, MatGetBlockSize[s]() fails before matrix preallocation
>> because of the check MatCheckPreallocated(mat,1). Are there any
>> objections to remove that check?
> 
> This is fine with me.

   Presumably if it has not been set yet it would return -1 and that would be documented?

   Barry