On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Jed Brown <jedbrown@mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Barry Smith <bsmith@mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
   I propose to remove MatGetArray() from PETSc and insert MatSeqDenseGetArray()    for all the uses with in that case (where it appears often and is useful).

     What say you?

Yes, remove MatGetArray and add MatSeqDenseGetArray(), MatSeqAIJGetArray(), and possibly MatSeqBAIJGetArray().

I don't want these to have the same name because they return very different things. I don't want any MatMPI*GetArray() routines.

I agree.

  Matt

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