[petsc-dev] Missing typedef ?

[Franck Houssen]

Hello, 

In petscmat.h, the line "#define MatSolverPackage char*" shouldn't it be replaced with " typedef char* MatSolverPackage" ? (like it's done for MatType and others) 

When trying to use MatSolverPackage from a cpp file where "petsc.h" and "petscmat.h" have been included I get this error : error: ‘ MatSolverPackage ’ does not name a type; did you mean ‘ MatSolverType ’? . 
Looks like this error does occur, or not, depending on compiler / OS : this is OK with debian but not with ubuntu-trusty (line 2191 here https://travis-ci.org/fghoussen/geneo4PETSc/jobs/334384582 ). 
I would say the compile error can occur, or not, according to what -fvisibility defaults to. 

Not sure of this... 

Franck 
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