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

Anders Logg wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 07:39:01AM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> > Is there a reason why the MeshFunction.get(..) functions return by value
> > rather then reference, e.g. it is currently
> >
> >      inline T get(const MeshEntity& entity) const
> >
> > rather than
> >
> >      inline T& get(const MeshEntity& entity) const
> >
> > Garth
>
> Yes, we have a set() function for setting the values.

I know, but I would like to get a reference rather than copying data

   unsigned int index = 3;	
   const std::vector<double>& vec =  mesh_function.get(index)

I can do this when I have the MeshEntitiy, but not when using the index.

Garth

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