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[Peter Brune <prbrune@xxxxxxxxx>]

This zoo of shapes deal isn't at all what DOLFIN does.  Given the present
setup of UFC/DOLFIN you're stuck with simplices because of the isomorphism
between hypergraphs and simplicial complices, and the easily implied
orientations of both (which is why the UFC cell is elegant and extends to
higher dimensions, but doesn't work beyond simplices)  I've been thinking of
how to take this style of mesh representation to different geometries
(specifically any tensor product simplices) and it's not that difficult but
is probably best implemented as a combination between the cell-chain (sieve)
and implicit ordering approach to make it efficient.

- Peter