[petsc-dev] sizeof(PetscInt) from buildsystem

[Jed Brown]

Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> writes:
> You can query the configure database using Python. Here is a sample
> that reads the integer size and a few other things. Why the hell would
> anyone suggest grep?

Because it is one line, human readable, and I have confidence that the
interface is stable.  Your python is 30-some lines, depends on about a
dozen objects, and requires python2.
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