On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Derek Gaston <fried...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The time has come. There is simply too much confusion between
> ParallelMesh and SerialMesh. It seems like there's not a week that goes by
> that we don't get a question about using one or the other in the wrong way
> on the mailing lists (both libMesh and MOOSE).
>
> I propose this:
>
> ParallelMesh -> DontUseThisMeshUnlessYouHaveMoreThan100MillionElements
>
> SerialMesh -> ThisIsTheMeshYouReallyWantToUse
>
> Seriously though:
>
> SerialMesh -> ReplicatedMesh (get that damn Serial word out of there, it
> works in Parallel too!)
>
> ParallelMesh -> DecomposedMesh (It actually works in Serial as well!)
>
> It might also be worth adding a warning to ParallelMesh:
>
> if (parallel_n_elem() < 1e7)
> libmesh_warning("You don't have enough elements to warrant using a
> ParallelMesh. Consider using SerialMesh instead!");
>
I wouldn't want to do this without making it backwards compatible with the
old names.
I don't like your proposed names (decomposed == zombies?) but I'm sure we
could find others.
--
John
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