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[Johan Hake <johan.hake@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday October 19 2011 12:29:51 Anders Logg wrote:
> What should we name functions that print stuff? We now have
> 
>   list_linear_solver_methods()
>   list_lu_solver_methods()
>   list_krylov_solver_methods()
>   list_krylov_solver_preconditioners()
>   list_timings()

I think we should add

    list_linear_algebra_backends()

> Is list_foo good? Other options are
> 
>   print_foo()    # Natural, but perhaps a bit vulgar?
>   info_foo()     # Goes with the info() function
>   display_foo()  # I don't like this one

Not a big deal, but I like either one of the later rather than list_foo. 

What do you have against display or disp? 

Is the connection to info in info_foo confusing rather than clarifying? If we 
go with this one, we should probably use the log system (info) to actualy 
display the info.

Johan