The other day I asked about Systems without variables in them....
after working this way for a few days I've found that system::init()
and system::reinit() don't quite work properly with zero variables in
the system. The problems are really only exhibited in debug mode...
tripping asserts, etc. Everything works well in optimized.
In order to fix this I've mad a couple of changes, but I don't just
want to commit them without a little bit of discussion (since those
two functions are so important). Here's what I've changed
System::init() to:
void System::init ()
{
// First initialize any required data
this->init_data();
//If no variables have been added to this system
//don't do anything
if(!this->n_vars())
return;
// Then call the user-provided intialization function
this->user_initialization();
}
Essentially it's just a short-circuiting before the
user_initialization() call. The problem is that project_vector
doesn't work properly with zero variables in the system... this fixes
it. In case you're wondering you _do_ have to do init_data() or else
you'll trip some initialized() tests in PetscVector later on
(sometimes when the System is getting destroyed).
I've also made the same change to System::reinit()... just short
circuiting the whole function.... there really is no reason to do any
reiniting if there are no variables in the system....
With these two changes I can now properly debug runs containing a
System without variables...
Does anyone see issues with these changes or have better suggestions?
Derek
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