[petsc-users] How to use petsc in a dynamically loaded shared library?

[Florian]

>On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Florian <flo.44 at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> I made it to step with gdb now in VecCreate(). The problem is inside the
>> VecCreate
>> function the new created vector vec has all the adresses set. But when I'm
>> stepping
>> back in my function the addresses are all 0x0.
>>
>
>Let VecCreate finish.

What do you mean? I step to the last line in VecCreate and after the last line back.

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>
>>
>> Another question is, what happens with my created vector. I mean I create
>> a Object
>> with Vec v and inside the VecCreate function the addres of my object v is
>> first set
>> to PETSC_NULL and later to the Vec which is created inside the VecCreate
>> function.
>> It seems like I never could destroy my created vector. Can somebody
>> explain this to me?
>>
>
>The new object is created, then your pointer is made to point at the new
>object.

So if I get it right I create with "Vec v;" only a pointer? But why is it possible before I call VecCreate 
to have a look at a vector object. I mean in ddd I can display a full vector object.