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["Garth N. Wells" <gnw20@xxxxxxxxx>]

Martin Sandve Alnæs wrote:
> 2008/6/7 Garth N. Wells <gnw20@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > Anders Logg wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 01:06:53PM +0200, Martin Sandve Alnæs wrote:
> > > > It's a bit cumbersome to pass around mesh, dofmap, and form to be able
> > > > to create functions in finite element spaces. Maybe a FunctionSpace
> > > > class could collect the necessary info?
> > > >
> > > > # Instead of:
> > > > uvec = Vector()
> > > > u = cpp_Function(mesh, uvec, dofmap, form, 0)
> > > > vvec = Vector()
> > > > v = cpp_Function(mesh, vvec, dofmap, form, 0)
> > > >
> > > > # It would be nice to write:
> > > > U = FunctionSpace(mesh, dofmapset, form, 0) # or something similar
> > > > u = Function(U)
> > > > v = Function(U)
> > > I think it sounds really good, but shouldn't it really be
> > >
> > >   V = FunctionSpace(mesh, finite_element, dof_map)
> > >
> > > So
> > >
> > >   dofmapset --> dof_map
> > >   form --> finite_element
> > >
> > > > This concept is probably usable in C++ as well.
> > > Yes, it should be implemented there.
> > >
> > > > (Note that I'm not volunteering to implement this myself now, don't
> > > > have the time).
> > > ok. Could you put it on the todo list? Either we can keep editing the
> > > TODO file in DOLFIN, or we can have a TODO list on the wiki. I think
> > > Garth suggested this yesterday.
> > The present TODO list is a combination of road map and minor details. I
> > would suggest putting items in the road map category on the web page for
> > visibility. It would show where we're going and indicate to potential
> > new developers where they might start.
> >
> > Garth
>
> Good idea.

I've added a DOLFIN road map page

  http://www.fenics.org/wiki/DOLFIN_road_map

It's empty at the moment.

Garth

> But maybe the bugtrackers should be used for the minor details instead of TODO?
> It requires that everybody actually use them, but then I think they
> can be very useful.
>
> --
> Martin