Dear John, On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, John Peterson wrote:
>> Also, I would suggest to derive SparseMatrix from ShellMatrix rather than >> vice versa. This could actually make SparseShellMatrix unnecessary. This >> is of course an advantage of the unification. > > This one I disagree with. Inheritance should always follow the "is a" > organizational semantic, and a SparseMatrix (as we now define it) is > most definitely *not* a ShellMatrix. Nor is a ShellMatrix a SparseMatrix. Best Regards, Tim -- Dr. Tim Kroeger Phone +49-421-218-7710 [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax +49-421-218-4236 MeVis Research GmbH, Universitaetsallee 29, 28359 Bremen, Germany Amtsgericht Bremen HRB 16222 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Prof. Dr. H.-O. Peitgen ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Libmesh-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libmesh-users
