[petsc-dev] RegisterAllCalled visibility

[Matthew Knepley]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Tobin Isaac <tisaac at ices.utexas.edu>
wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to learn about PETSc's dynamic library framework.  I've
> noticed that XXXInitializePackage() routines are idempotent, but
> XXXRegisterAll() routines are not, and usually have a visible
> XXXRegisterAllCalled boolean to guard against multiple calls (but not
> always).  Then there are comments that say "In general, if there is
> more than one DLL then XXXRegisterAll() may be called several times."
> I don't understand the different handling between initialization and
> registration, especially because the initialization routines generally
> call the registration routines.  Any help?
>

That is just crappy engineering on our part. The RegisterAllCalled() should
be idempotent
just like PackageInitialize(). Does anyone disagree with this?

  Thanks,

    Matt


> Thanks,
>   Toby
>


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experiments lead.
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