[petsc-users] compiler error

[Satish Balay]

future full release [3.7] will be from 'master' branch.

future patch fix release [3.6.x] will be from 'maint' branch.

You can choose the branch to use - based on your need..

Satish

On Thu, 14 Jan 2016, Gideon Simpson wrote:

> Is this change going to be part of the next patch release, or the eventual 3.7?
> 
> -gideon
> 
> > On Jan 14, 2016, at 10:42 AM, Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> > 
> > Hopefully all changes should be documented in the changes file..
> > 
> > http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/changes/dev.html
> > 
> > You can use git to find out more info..
> > 
> > balay at asterix /home/balay/petsc (master=)
> > $ git grep PetscOptionsGetScalar include/
> > include/petscoptions.h:PETSC_EXTERN PetscErrorCode PetscOptionsGetScalar(PetscOptions,const char[],const char[],PetscScalar *,PetscBool *);
> > include/petscoptions.h:PETSC_EXTERN PetscErrorCode PetscOptionsGetScalarArray(PetscOptions,const char[],const char[],PetscScalar[],PetscInt *,PetscBool *);
> > balay at asterix /home/balay/petsc (hzhang/update-networkex=)
> > $ git annotate include/petscoptions.h |grep PetscOptionsGetScalar
> > c5929fdf       (Barry Smith           2015-10-30 21:20:21 -0500 17)PETSC_EXTERN PetscErrorCode PetscOptionsGetScalar(PetscOptions,const char[],const char[],PetscScalar *,PetscBool *);
> > c5929fdf       (Barry Smith           2015-10-30 21:20:21 -0500 20)PETSC_EXTERN PetscErrorCode PetscOptionsGetScalarArray(PetscOptions,const char[],const char[],PetscScalar[],PetscInt *,PetscBool *);
> > balay at asterix /home/balay/petsc (hzhang/update-networkex=)
> > $ git show -q c5929fdf
> > commit c5929fdf3082647d199855a5c1d0286204349b03
> > Author: Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>
> > Date:   Fri Oct 30 21:20:21 2015 -0500
> > 
> >    Complete update to new PetscOptions interface
> > balay at asterix /home/balay/petsc (hzhang/update-networkex=)
> > $ gitk c5929fdf
> > 
> > etc..
> > 
> > Satish
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 14 Jan 2016, Gideon Simpson wrote:
> > 
> >> I know I did a git pull recently, but when did that change?  What’s the fifth argument represent?
> >> 
> >> -gideon
> >> 
> >>> On Jan 13, 2016, at 11:54 PM, Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> On Wed, 13 Jan 2016, Gideon Simpson wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> I haven’t seen this before:
> >>>> 
> >>>> /mnt/HA/opt/openmpi/intel/2015/1.8.1-mlnx-ofed/bin/mpicc -o fixed_batch.o -c -fPIC  -wd1572 -g   -I/home/simpson/software/petsc/include -I/home/simpson/software/petsc/arch-linux2-c-debug/include -I/mnt/HA/opt/openmpi/intel/2015/1.8.1-mlnx-ofed/include   -Wall `pwd`/fixed_batch.c
> >>>> /home/simpson/projects/dnls/petsc/fixed_batch.c(44): warning #167: argument of type "PetscScalar={PetscReal={double}} *" is incompatible with parameter of type "const char *"
> >>>>     PetscOptionsGetScalar(NULL,"-xmax",&xmax,NULL);
> >>>>                                        ^
> >>>> 
> >>>> /home/simpson/projects/dnls/petsc/fixed_batch.c(44): error #165: too few arguments in function call
> >>>>     PetscOptionsGetScalar(NULL,"-xmax",&xmax,NULL);
> >>> 
> >>> Try:
> >>> 
> >>>     PetscOptionsGetScalar(NULL,NULL,"-xmax",&xmax,NULL);
> >>> 
> >>> Satish
> >> 
> >> 
> 
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