Not a priority for us but if you implement clean code to do this we're likely 
to accept it.

   Barry


> On Sep 20, 2018, at 12:27 PM, Fande Kong <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Developers,
> 
> MATBAIJ actually assumes that the point-block is dense. It is fine if the 
> block size is small for example less than 50, but we may suffer from a memory 
> issue if the block is large such as 1000. The block is not necessary dense. 
> In my application, neutron transport equations, the block is actually sparse 
> (coming from direction and energy grids).  Now I am using MATAIJ, but I want 
> to take into consideration there are many variables on each spatial grid when 
> doing some ILU(0).  ILU(0) is used as a subdomain solver for ASM and BJACOBI. 
> 
> I would like to support point-block ILU(0) in MATAIJ (not MATBAIJ) because 
> the block is sparse. Any comments? It is worthwhile to do that? I think we 
> might reduce the symbolic factor time when considering the block.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Fande,

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