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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 09:28:55AM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> Is anyone using the LAPACK linear algebra wrappers? Since they are
> not subclasses of GenericFoo, I suggest that we remove them and
> users use Armadillo (http://arma.sourceforge.net/) instead when
> wanting to access LAPACK/ATLAS functions. Armadillo is very easy to
> use. Any objections to removing the LAPACK wrappers?
>
> We have a Blueprint for wrapping Armadillo, but this would only be
> worthwhile if we want to assemble into an Armadillo-based object.
> Since Armadillo will most commonly be used for small matrices when
> performance is critical, and expression templates are one of its
> very attractive features, I don't see much point in wrapping it.
>
> Garth

I agree it would be better to wrap Armadillo (or use it directly), but
the LAPACK wrappers are used heavily in the Extrapolation class so
they can't be removed until that has been ported to use Armadillo.

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Anders

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