Hello everyone! This is deal.II newsletter #9. It automatically reports recently merged features and discussions about the deal.II finite element library.
## Below you find a list of recently proposed or merged features: #5361: Fix warnings regarding extra';' and unused parameters (proposed by masterleinad) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5361 #5360: Fix using inhomogeneous boundary conditions in VectorTools::project (proposed by masterleinad) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5360 #5358: New function parallel::GridTools::exchange_local_bounding_boxes (proposed by GivAlz) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5358 #5357: Document how to treat inhomogeneous Dirichlet values with MatrixFree (proposed by kronbichler) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5357 #5356: Replace static const by static constexpr in FEEValuation (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5356 #5355: Fix Patterns::Tuple::description (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5355 #5353: fix boost zlib detection configure check (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5353 #5352: Deprecate BlockTrianglePrecondition and BlockMatrixArray. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5352 #5350: Remove references to an old function. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5350 #5349: Update bundled boost to allow to compile with clang-9.0 (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5349 #5348: Fix FEEvaluation::dofs_per_cell for vector-valued case (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5348 #5347: fixes for Petsc / Slepc 3.8 (proposed by davydden; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5347 #5345: Make some things work for complex-valued vectors. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5345 #5344: Fix a tensor index. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5344 #5342: Simplify variadic constructors of Patterns::Tuple. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5342 #5341: Fix recent test and test result (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5341 #5340: Add an assertion to provide a nicer error message. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5340 #5338: Convert<tuple> struct. (proposed by luca-heltai; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5338 #5335: Allow DataEntry functions to return either the real or imaginary part. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5335 #5334: Reintroduce old `VectorTools::interpolate` as fallback (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5334 #5333: Let DataOut vector wrappers report whether the data type is complex. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5333 #5332: Add some Sacado::RFad and nested RFad-DFad examples to the testsuite (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5332 #5331: Patterns::Tuple (proposed by luca-heltai; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5331 #5330: Relax requirements for external BOOST for DEAL_WITH_ZLIB=OFF (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5330 #5329: Remove BZIP2 dependency (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5329 #5328: add exception messages (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5328 #5327: Fix typo in description of CMake setup for packages (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5327 #5326: Avoid numdiff check race condition in test (proposed by tamiko; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5326 #5325: Add a check when comparing iterators. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5325 #5324: fix zlib tests (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5324 #5323: Avoid numdiff check race condition in test (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5323 #5322: make zlib optional (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5322 #5321: re-declare update_number_cache() as protected (proposed by vishalkenchan; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5321 #5319: add LAPACKFullMatrix::add() (proposed by davydden; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5319 #5318: Fix boost iostreams (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5318 #5316: Avoid exceptions without message. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5316 #5315: Fix VectorTools::interpolate for parallel computations (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5315 #5314: Added new compute point locations to GridTools (proposed by GivAlz; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5314 #5313: Fix mapping cartesian update inverse jacobian (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5313 #5312: Add some modified Sacado::Fad::DFad examples to the testsuite (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5312 #5311: Replace use of VectorView in library (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5311 #5310: typo in qtelles (proposed by nicola-giuliani; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5310 #5309: Minor cleanups and doc updates. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5309 #5308: Change argument of DoFRenumbering::downstream() to Tensor<1,dim>. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5308 #5307: Add missing include in cuda_vector.h (proposed by Rombur; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5307 #5306: Clean up code in MGLevelGlobalTransfer::fill_and_communicate_copy_indices. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5306 #5305: add note on how to install qtcreator style files (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5305 #5304: Make Vector::values a std::unique_ptr. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5304 #5303: Make sure to actually zero the ghost entries in partitioner import call. (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5303 #5302: Add test for Functions::FEFieldFunction::compute_point_locations (proposed by GivAlz; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5302 #5301: change static_assert into Assert for CylindricalManifold to make it e... (proposed by davydden; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5301 #5300: Fix unused variables, functions and parameters (with clang) (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5300 #5299: fix wrong operator in mapping_q_eulerian_09 (proposed by davydden; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5299 #5297: Prefer using nullptr over 0 or NULL (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5297 #5296: Prefer using emplace_back (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5296 #5295: Use bool literals instead of integer values (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5295 #5294: Mark more variables const (reference) (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5294 #5293: Take hp objects by const (reference) access (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5293 #5292: Take IndexSet by const& (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5292 #5291: Move VectorOperation into its own header. (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5291 #5290: Smaller fixes for ParameterAcceptor (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5290 #5288: Remove unnecessary #include statements. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5288 #5287: Update a formula. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5287 #5286: pass std::function by const reference (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5286 #5285: Documentation fixes for the Physics::Notation::Kelvin namespace. (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5285 #5284: SmartPointer: use nullptr instead of 0 (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5284 #5283: remove hp::DoFHandler::ExcInvalidTriangulation (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5283 #5282: Rename Vector::val to Vector::values. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5282 #5281: assert having Triangulation in DoFHandler (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5281 #5280: document FE::doc_component_to_base_table (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5280 #5279: small documentation fixes (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5279 #5277: Implement parallel DoF renumbering on multigrid levels (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5277 #5275: Update some discussion in DataOutFilter. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5275 #5274: Update some discussion in step-9. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5274 #5273: Use std::unique_ptr for parallel::Vector::val (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5273 #5272: Initialize all variables in Partitioner (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5272 #5271: Add CUDA quick test (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5271 #5270: Avoid std::abs() on unsigned types. (proposed by kronbichler; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5270 #5268: Use unique_ptr instead of raw pointers in distributed::Vector. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5268 #5267: extend example of user projects testsuite to contain header files (proposed by davydden; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5267 #5266: add a boolean flag to MatrixFreeOperators::Base::compute_diagonal() t... (proposed by davydden; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5266 #5261: Restructure DataOutFilter (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5261 #5250: Add Kelvin notation to the physics module. (proposed by jppelteret; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5250 #5248: Make sure to not call memset with a nullptr (proposed by masterleinad; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5248 #5240: Particle serialization fixes (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5240 #5239: update testsuite documentation (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5239 #5233: Rename the scalar template type of Function and derived classes. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5233 #5225: Remove unused methods (proposed by drwells; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5225 #5205: add FiniteElement::get_sub_fe (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5205 #5150: Add distributed refinement/coarsening/serialization signals (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/pull/5150 ## And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions: #5359: parallel::shared::Triangulation should exchange refinement flags (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5359 #5354: failing tests matrix-free (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5354 #5351: config mistakenly thinks boost's iostreams is not compiled with zlib (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5351 #5346: CellDataStorage does not work with primitive data types (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5346 #5343: Fix FEEvaluation::dofs_per_cell for vector-valued case (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5343 #5339: Document how to handle non-homogeneous Dirichlet constraints in step-37 (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5339 #5337: Failing test: numerics/data_out_filter_01 (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5337 #5336: Failing CUDA quick_test using CUDA-9 (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5336 #5320: failing tests on petsc 3.8 / slepc 3.8 (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5320 #5317: Clean up mandatory ZLIB dependendy (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5317 #5298: SphericalManifold give different results than HyperBallBoundary. Same with CylindricalManifold (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5298 #5289: Undefined references for BOOST compiled without ZLIB und DEAL_II_WITH_ZLIB=ON (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5289 #5278: Deprecate VectorView (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5278 #5276: Simplify Physics::Notation::to_tensor() (opened) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5276 #5269: changes to MPI partitioner broke build (opened and closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5269 #5185: shallow copy / view for some blocks in a BlockVector (interface to Anasazi eigensolvers) (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5185 #5155: add FiniteElement::extract(ComponentMask) (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/5155 #4643: Remove references to compute_support_points (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/4643 #3733: Fix the interface of new_pointer_matrix_base (closed) https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/3733 #1886: Bug in GridGenerator::half_hyper_shell ? 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