Hello everyone! This is deal.II newsletter #8. It automatically reports recently merged features and discussions about the deal.II finite element library.
## Below you find a list of recently proposed or merged features: #5267: extend example of user projects testsuite to contain header files (proposed by davydden) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5267 #5266: add a boolean flag to MatrixFreeOperators::Base::compute_diagonal() t... (proposed by davydden) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5266 #5265: Corrected spelling in grid tool function (proposed by GivAlz; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5265 #5264: Fix missing instantiations dim!=spacedim (proposed by sairajat) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5264 #5263: Find active cell using Cache. (proposed by luca-heltai) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5263 #5261: Fix DataOutFilter to account for floating point precision (proposed by gassmoeller) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5261 #5260: add MGInterfaceOperator::initialize_dof_vector() (proposed by davydden; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5260 #5259: Extend mpi partitioner (proposed by kronbichler) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5259 #5258: Fix Physics::internal::transformation_contraction for standard Tensors. (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5258 #5257: Fix number type in make_vectorized_array inside get_symmetric_gradient (proposed by mwichro; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5257 #5256: Add unit test: Tensor contraction on outermost indices (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5256 #5255: Add static member data for SymmetricTensor rank. (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5255 #5254: Better explain the meaning of Point<dim>. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5254 #5253: Document (active_)?face_iterator typedefs. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5253 #5252: Test MappingQEulerian with mass and laplace matrix-free operators (proposed by davydden; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5252 #5251: Implement a more generic method of converting between number types. (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5251 #5250: Add Kelvin notation to the physics module. (proposed by jppelteret) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5250 #5249: Run base/generate_normal_random_number_01 only with threads enabled (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5249 #5248: Make sure to not call memset with a nullptr (proposed by masterleinad) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5248 #5247: Add some missing instantiations. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5247 #5245: Fix undefined behavior in tests (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5245 #5244: Fix description for shared_ptr (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5244 #5243: Fix undefined behavior in DoFHandler (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5243 #5242: Fix undefined behavior in TridiagonalMatrix (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5242 #5241: Add dummy functions to parallel::distributed::Triangulation<1,spacedim> (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5241 #5240: Particle serialization fixes (proposed by gassmoeller) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5240 #5239: update testsuite documentation (proposed by tjhei) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5239 #5238: Extract used vertices in GridTools::Cache, + getters. (proposed by luca-heltai; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5238 #5237: Simplify IDA. (proposed by luca-heltai; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5237 #5236: Fix memory leak in ADOLC test (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5236 #5235: Fix memory leak in DoFHandler (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5235 #5234: Clarify FE_Enriched::setup_data (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5234 #5227: Replace exceptions without message by ones with a message. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5227 #5217: Prefer data to address of first (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5217 ## And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: #5262: Boost 1.65.1 serialization issues (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5262 #5246: Missing Instantiations (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5246 #5218: Use an explicit NumberType template parameter value in FEEvaluation::get_symmetric_gradient (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5218 #5120: Bug in tensor contract (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5120 #4920: Avoid the `&v[0]` idiom (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4920 A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at https://www.dealii.org/developer/doxygen/deal.II/changes_after_8_5_0.html. Thanks for being part of the community! 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