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diff --git a/doc/UsersGuide/Appendices.tex b/doc/UsersGuide/Appendices.tex index 4ee2b3de..135b93b6 100644 --- a/doc/UsersGuide/Appendices.tex +++ b/doc/UsersGuide/Appendices.tex @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Cactus Users' Guide and the Cactus Reference Manual. \begin{Lentry} \item[alias function] + See \textit{function aliasing}. \item[AMR] \textit{Automatic Mesh Refinement} \item[analysis] @@ -94,6 +95,9 @@ Cactus Users' Guide and the Cactus Reference Manual. distribution system for Cactus. See Sections~\ref{sec:checkout}, \ref{sec:Appendix.cvs}. \item[domain decomposition] + The technique of breaking up a large computational problem into parts + that are easier to solve. In Cactus, refers especially to a decomposition + wherein the parts are solved in parallel on separate computer processors. \item[driver] A special kind of thorn which creates and handles grid hierarchies and grid variables. @@ -110,6 +114,11 @@ Cactus Users' Guide and the Cactus Reference Manual. set of protected grid variables. See Section~\ref{subsec:interface_ccl}. \ref{sec:Appendix.interface}. \item[function aliasing] + The process of referring to a function to be provided by an interface + independently of which thorn actually contains the function, or what + language the function is written in. The function is called an + \textit{alias function}. See Section~\ref{sec:function_aliasing}, + \ref{subsec:Appendix.interface.function_aliasing}. \item[GA] Shorthand for a \textit{grid array}. \item[GF] @@ -429,6 +438,7 @@ only executed if the providing thorn is active. Both default to \verb|HEADER|. \subsection{Function aliasing} +\label{subsec:Appendix.interface.function_aliasing} If any aliased function is to be used or provided by the thorn then the prototype must be declared with the form: \begin{alltt} |