The "FunctionSpace" postfix clearly shows that there is a connection between FunctionSpace and VectorFunctionSpace though. That this isn't consistent with the "FiniteElement/VectorElement" naming is rather a flaw in the latter.
VectorSpace sounds like something more general. -- Martin 2008/11/27 DOLFIN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > One or more new changesets pushed to the primary dolfin repository. > A short summary of the last three changesets is included below. > > changeset: 5206:89ce5e166b5c8beedd2a96765deca3784dc2c750 > tag: tip > user: Anders Logg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > date: Thu Nov 27 09:04:03 2008 +0100 > files: site-packages/dolfin/function.py > site-packages/dolfin/functionspace.py > description: > Change constructor for FunctionSpace to only accept (mesh, family, degree). > Add new classes VectorSpace and MixedSpace. > > Should these be named VectorFunctionSpace and MixedFunctionSpace? > It would be inconsistent with VectorElement and MixedElement. > > > changeset: 5205:64dce861eecc204ed5527b0fda5574d2cd836ac6 > user: Anders Logg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > date: Wed Nov 26 16:11:23 2008 +0100 > files: demo/pde/poisson/python/demo.py site-packages/dolfin/function.py > site-packages/dolfin/functionspace.py > description: > Extend FunctionSpace constructor to handle simple initialization like > > V = FunctionSpace(mesh, "Lagrange", 1) > > No need anymore to create elements in PyDOLFIN, except when mixed elements > are used. > > It would be good to support some simple creation of vector-valued function > spaces. How should this look? One option could be > > V = VectorFunctionSpace(mesh, "Lagrange", 1) > > ? > > > changeset: 5204:a56ee9f53349d44dffb7a864f1ae41205cfe5fae > user: Anders Logg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > date: Wed Nov 26 15:41:37 2008 +0100 > files: site-packages/dolfin/__init__.py > site-packages/dolfin/function.py site-packages/dolfin/functionspace.py > description: > Move FunctionSpace to separate module with some minor edits > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more details, visit http://www.fenics.org/hg/dolfin > _______________________________________________ > DOLFIN-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.fenics.org/mailman/listinfo/dolfin-dev > _______________________________________________ DOLFIN-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.fenics.org/mailman/listinfo/dolfin-dev
