On 16/10/2013 09:25, Garth N. Wells wrote:
Does anyone have an opinion on keeping or removing CGAL from DOLFIN?
Below are some pros and cons:
- CGAL makes DOLFIN slow to build and builds use a lot of memory.
- CGAL is unpredictable in throwing errors (predictable in that it
will throw cryptic errors, unpredictable when or with which compiler).
- CGAL is difficult to understand and the latest version has very
cryptic interface changes.
- Almost all of the random DOLFIN buildbot failures are due to CGAL
mesh generation failures.
+ CGAL provides mesh generation for a variety of simple shape
combinations (the DOLFIN interface to CGAL is not rich enough for
anything serious).
Agreed. Anyone serious will make their mesh independently, so CGAL is
really just an annoying toy in this context... (!)
Chris
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