On Feb 17, 2013, at 12:00 PM, Jed Brown <jedbrown at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote: > Then we would need to remove the support for > [/path/libname[.so.1.0]:]functionname[()] where items in [] denote optional > from PetscFunctionListFind() so no more > > -ksp_type /Users/me/libmyksp.so:MyKSPCreate() > > Instead people would need to load the library in one collective call and then > call the functionlistfind. > > But I guess that is ok, no body uses this anyways. > > Shall we add PETSC_PLUGIN_PATH and -petsc_plugin > list_of:directories:or_libs.so. This would require plugin authors to create > registration routines for each shared library, but I think this makes for a > better UI anyway. It is ok with me.
