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[Kent Andre <kent-and@xxxxxxxxx>]

On on., 2009-09-02 at 08:58 +0200, Anders Logg wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 08:45:55AM +0200, Kent Andre wrote:
> > On ti., 2009-09-01 at 17:59 +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> > >
> > > Kent Andre wrote:
> > > > On ti., 2009-09-01 at 17:16 +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> > > >> Kent Andre wrote:
> > > >>> Hi,
> > > >>> A.zero() is called both when reset_tensor is true and false
> > > >>> in Assembler::init_global_tensor.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> The code is as follows:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> void Assembler::init_global_tensor(GenericTensor& A,
> > > >>>                                    const Form& a,
> > > >>>                                    UFC& ufc, bool reset_tensor)
> > > >>> {
> > > >>>   if (reset_tensor)
> > > >>>   {
> > > >>>     ...
> > > >>>   }
> > > >>>   else
> > > >>>     A.zero();
> > > >>> }
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Is this on purpose or is it a bug ?
> > > >> The code is correct. 'A.zero()' zeroes the entries but preserves the
> > > >> non-zero structure of the matrix.
> > > >>
> > > >> Garth
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > Then maybe reset_sparsity_pattern is a better name ?
> > > >
> > >
> > > We could extend the assembler interface to
> > >
> > >    assemble(GenericTensor& A, const Form& a,
> > >             bool reset_tensor_sparsity=true, bool add_values=false);
> > >
> > > I'm not a big fan of booleans though because they make no sense to the
> > > reader in the calling code, e,g. what does
> > >
> > >    assemble(A, a, true, true);
> > >
> > > mean? We could use the parameter system instead.
> > >
> > > Garth
> > >
> >
> >
> > Does it matter if it is booleans ?
> >
> > Calling the assemble function, the way I want would be:
> >
> > E = assemble(mass, D, None, None, None, None, None, True, False)
> 
> If you're doing this in Python, then you could drop all the Nones and
> just do
> 
>   E = assemble(mass, D, add_values=False)
> 
> But what is D?

Yes, sorry about the mix of C++ and Python. D is a tensor. 

> 
> Also, does it make sense to reset the sparsity pattern when not
> zeroing the matrix? Resetting the sparsity pattern requires erasing
> the values.

I guess the matrix must be zeroed if the sparsity pattern is earased. 

> 
> > Anyway, if it is ok, I update the assemble functions with both
> > reset_tensor_sparsity and add_values.
> 
> Sounds ok to me.
> 
> --
> Anders

Kent