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[Joachim Berdal Haga <jobh@xxxxxxxxx>]

>> 1) What exactly is wrong with it? We have been through this before; it
>> is useful, it is efficient, and it is no more convoluted than the
>> standard assembler (in fact, the logic is the same for the most part).
>>
>
> Your later point is why the symmetric/system assembler will/should be
> merged - they are for a large part the same, but double the work when
> changes are necessary.

Agreed - although SystemAssembler uses a different ordering/logic
(same as the OpenMP assembler?) than the symmetric and standard
assemblers, so we will have to decide which is preferred before
merging.

>> 2) Why not tell me if it's broken, so I can fix it, instead of removing it?
>
> It hasn't been removed. It doesn't follow the design pattern of the
> other assemblers (or DOLFIN objects in general), which means it could
> not inherit the AssemblerBase member functions. It needs someone to
> fix it.

Sure. I can fix it. But only if I know about it, and I only found out
by accident.

-j.