[petsc-dev] debugging server

[Åsmund Ervik]

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On 27. april 2014 07:12, Jed Brown wrote:
> 
> If you don't pass argc and argv to PetscInitialize, then
> command-line arguments are not parsed.

You don't need to pass argc and argv in Fortran. And I'd hazard a
guess that C/C++ programmers don't really stop and reflect on the
meaning of this when they start using PETSc. Everything is Deep Magic
the first time you use it, especially numerical libraries.

> 
>> Perhaps it could be spelled out more clearly?
> 
> Where exactly do you think would be appropriate?  Some extra text
> in the man page for PetscInitalize, or elsewhere?
> 

This probably varies wildly between people, but I used to rely much
more on the FAQ on the website when I first started, whereas now I'm
mostly using the man pages. I think in the "Execution" section of the
FAQ, at the very top, there could be a bullet point explaining it.
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