I'm not sure whether DVI should have support for complex type since complex variables with real upper and lower bounds don't make sense to me and i don't know of any actual problems which have or need complex bounds.
----- Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote: > > Shri, > > Since this is development code that only you are working on you can > "protect" its use by putting a > #requirespackage 'PETSC_USE_DVI' > in the makefile in that directory and if you register the method in > SNESRegisterAll() then protect it with > #if defined(PETSC_USE_DVI) > then define PETSC_USE_DVI in $PETSC_ARCH/include/petscconf.h > this way you can "be sloppy" but other people will still have access to your > new stuff if they want it in the repository. Then later when the code is > ready for general builds take out the ifdefs Ok. I've done this. > > > Barry > > > On Aug 19, 2010, at 2:02 PM, Shri wrote: > > > > > > >> Shri - looks like merit should be PetscReal - not PetscComplex [pusing > >> a fix for this. If this is incorrect - you can revert my change] > >> > > That's correct...thanks.I am building petsc with complex right now to see > > if there are any other changes needed. > > > >> Satish > > >