unsigned int used in MeshConnectivity

[Anders Logg (Chalmers)]

unsigned int is still used in the MeshConnectivity class. Is there a particular reason it hasn't been changed to site_t?

[Prof Garth Wells]

It was changed back to unsigned int to save memory. It only involves local (process) indices, which will not exceed the limit of 32-bit integers.

[Anders Logg (Chalmers)]

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 06:43:55PM -0000, Garth Wells wrote:

ok.

-- Anders

[Anders Logg (Chalmers)]

So the rule is: use std::size_t everywhere, except for big local data structures.

[Prof Garth Wells]

More-or-less. More precisely: use std::size_t everywhere, except for big local data structures that will not hold values greater than a 32 bit integer.

For example, anything using a global mesh entity index should be std::size_t.