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[Johan Hake <hake@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 27 November 2008 09:57:58 Martin Sandve Alnæs wrote:
> The "FunctionSpace" postfix clearly shows that there is a connection
> between FunctionSpace and VectorFunctionSpace though.
> That this isn't consistent with the "FiniteElement/VectorElement"
> naming is rather a flaw in the latter.
>
> VectorSpace sounds like something more general.

I agree.

Johan

> --
> Martin
>
> 2008/11/27 DOLFIN <dolfin@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > One or more new changesets pushed to the primary dolfin repository.
> > A short summary of the last three changesets is included below.
> >
> > changeset:   5206:89ce5e166b5c8beedd2a96765deca3784dc2c750
> > tag:         tip
> > user:        Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>
> > date:        Thu Nov 27 09:04:03 2008 +0100
> > files:       site-packages/dolfin/function.py
> > site-packages/dolfin/functionspace.py description:
> > Change constructor for FunctionSpace to only accept (mesh, family,
> > degree). Add new classes VectorSpace and MixedSpace.
> >
> > Should these be named VectorFunctionSpace and MixedFunctionSpace?
> > It would be inconsistent with VectorElement and MixedElement.
> >
> >
> > changeset:   5205:64dce861eecc204ed5527b0fda5574d2cd836ac6
> > user:        Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>
> > date:        Wed Nov 26 16:11:23 2008 +0100
> > files:       demo/pde/poisson/python/demo.py
> > site-packages/dolfin/function.py site-packages/dolfin/functionspace.py
> > description:
> > Extend FunctionSpace constructor to handle simple initialization like
> >
> >  V = FunctionSpace(mesh, "Lagrange", 1)
> >
> > No need anymore to create elements in PyDOLFIN, except when mixed
> > elements are used.
> >
> > It would be good to support some simple creation of vector-valued
> > function spaces. How should this look? One option could be
> >
> >  V = VectorFunctionSpace(mesh, "Lagrange", 1)
> >
> > ?
> >
> >
> > changeset:   5204:a56ee9f53349d44dffb7a864f1ae41205cfe5fae
> > user:        Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>
> > date:        Wed Nov 26 15:41:37 2008 +0100
> > files:       site-packages/dolfin/__init__.py
> > site-packages/dolfin/function.py site-packages/dolfin/functionspace.py
> > description:
> > Move FunctionSpace to separate module with some minor edits
> >
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