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| author | allen <allen@17b73243-c579-4c4c-a9d2-2d5706c11dac> | 2003-12-23 06:01:09 +0000 |
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| committer | allen <allen@17b73243-c579-4c4c-a9d2-2d5706c11dac> | 2003-12-23 06:01:09 +0000 |
| commit | 1e2cd9f514ea2e25a2325c84dd2fbce0414e0ceb (patch) | |
| tree | b8e69f7f9a58ae48819d0c630bf45a562547c82a /doc/FAQ | |
| parent | 2323511586c79f861126da43928a961aaa7dbc7d (diff) | |
Added explanation of parameter values not changing after a call
to CCTK_ParameterSet
git-svn-id: http://svn.cactuscode.org/flesh/trunk@3479 17b73243-c579-4c4c-a9d2-2d5706c11dac
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/FAQ')
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Cactus Code Frequently Asked Questions -$Header: /mnt/data2/cvs2svn/cvs-repositories/Cactus/doc/FAQ,v 1.73 2003-12-02 02:54:59 allen Exp $ +$Header: /mnt/data2/cvs2svn/cvs-repositories/Cactus/doc/FAQ,v 1.74 2003-12-23 06:01:09 allen Exp $ Also available at http://www.cactuscode.org/Documentation/FAQ @@ -259,6 +259,15 @@ E17 Why is it that when I schedule more than one routine in the same thorn E18 Is there a way to synchronize individual grid variables in a group? +E19 Is there a way to synchronize just one time level of a grid variable? + + Right now only one time level is sychronized, that is the "current" level. + Other time levels cannot be synchronized and are assumed to be fixed + or read only. + +E20 I'm using the CCTK_ParameterSet function to change a parameter, but + after calling it the parameters value doesn't change? + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ General @@ -1457,6 +1466,20 @@ E19 Is there a way to synchronize just one time level of a grid variable? Other time levels cannot be synchronized and are assumed to be fixed or read only. +E20 I'm using the CCTK_ParameterSet function to change a parameter, but + after calling it the parameters value doesn't change? + + First make sure that you really want to change a parameters value and + that you really know what you are doing. In general parameters are + fixed thoughout a run, and should only be changed by steering thorns. + + If you change a parameter with CCTK_ParameterSet it won't change in + the routine you call it from, because the DECLARE_CCTK_PARAMETERS + macro currently expands to define all a thorns parameters as local + variables with a const qualifier (in C) and sets them to the current + values of the parameters. Thus calling CCTK_ParameterSet will not + affect the value of the local copy. + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ General |