On Wednesday July 6 2011 08:08:48 Garth N. Wells wrote: > On 06/07/11 16:00, Johan Hake wrote: > > On Jul 6, 2011, at 1:54, Anders Logg <l...@simula.no> wrote: > >> I'm thinking of how to handle this bug: > >> > >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ffc/+bug/787010 > >> > >> I see two solutions: > >> > >> 1. Handle parameters with dynamical type in C++ (fairly easy to add). > > > > Not sure I like this. It is nice to have a strongly typed regime here. > > We could store all parameters as strings and let the using perform any > casts (boost::lexical_cast is good for this). > > >> 2. Not use parameters that may change type in FFC (from "auto" to an > >> int). > > > > Is it possible to store the parameter As an int internally in FFC, -1 for > > auto, and then add logic to the parsing of this variable so 'auto' > > becomes -1? > > That should be fine, just not as pretty.
I do not care, I just think Parameter should be static wrt typing. If we want to change that and introduce a set of new paramters that might be fine. But it requires more work and I think it is overkill for this bug. Johan > Garth > > > Did that make sense? > > > > Johan > > > >> -- > >> Anders > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dolfin > >> Post to : dolfin@lists.launchpad.net > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dolfin > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dolfin > > Post to : dolfin@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dolfin > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dolfin > Post to : dolfin@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dolfin > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dolfin Post to : dolfin@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dolfin More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
