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

Anders Logg wrote:
> Marie and I have had some discussions on the redesign and FFC and
> here's what came out:
> 
>   https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ffc/+spec/ffc-redesign
> 
> This allows us to remove both FiniteElement and DofMap since we won't
> be needing any of those in the code generation stage.
>

And where does the transition to the new FIAT fit in?

Garth

> Also note that we were quite on track when we coined the term "form
> representation". Turns out the correct name for this kind of process
> in a compiler is Intermediate Representation or IR.
> 
> The input to the computation of the IR should be the preprocessed form
> and form metadata (FormData) and the output should be the IR which is
> just a dictionary of stuff we need to generating code. Everything
> complex should happen during the generation of the IR which means
> will help reduce the complications of the later code generation.
> 
> --
> Anders
> 
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