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[Harish Narayanan <harish.mlists@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/8/11 10:53 AM, Anders Logg wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 10:46:20AM +0100, Harish Narayanan wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am trying to run some problems which involve somewhat complex
>> variational forms which FFC takes ages (O(1 day)) to compile. Is there
>> any clear documentation on the strategies one should apply to speed
>> things up in general? I am interested both in appropriate FFC parameters
>> and tips on how to split a form into pieces so that I don't end up
>> recompiling everything every time I make small changes.
> 
> Did you try setting the number of quadrature points? FFC is likely
> using quite a few points to integrate your form and it's probably
> overkill.

Is that quadrature_order or quadrature_degree? I have unsystematically
tried a few things which haven't been successful, so I thought I would
ask for documentation.

Harish