The `DynamicCellSet` class is now marked as deprecated (as is the header
that contains it), and all non-deprecated code is moved to its
`UnknownCellSet` replacement.
Also added a deprecation warning for the VariantArrayHandle.h header
file and deleted a couple inappropriate uses of it.
Virtual methods were used in the `MeshConnectivity` classes for the
internal ray casting system. However, using virtual methods in the
execution environment is being deprecated.
This change replaces the virtual object with an object containing a
`Variant`. The `Variant` holds one of the supported mesh connectivities
and selects the correct one at runtime rather than jumping into a
virtual method.
Visual Studio default toolset uses 32bit executables for compiling which
means that if it uses more than 4GB of memory per instance it crashes.
By moving the ConnectivityTracer into a separate compilation unit we
can help out the compiler.
This also improved compilation times and library size:
Old:
build time (j8): 48.62 real
lib size: 6.2MB
New:
build time (j8): 41.31 real
lib size: 5.0MB
If a global static array is declared with VTKM_EXEC_CONSTANT and the code
is compiled by nvcc (for multibackend code) then the array is only accesible
on the GPU. If for some reason a worklet fails on the cuda backend and it is
re-executed on any of the CPU backends, it will continue to fail.
We couldn't find a simple way to declare the array once and have it available
on both CPU and GPU. The approach we are using here is to declare the arrays
as static inside some "Get" function which is marked as VTKM_EXEC_CONT.
Sandia National Laboratories recently changed management from the
Sandia Corporation to the National Technology & Engineering Solutions
of Sandia, LLC (NTESS). The copyright statements need to be updated
accordingly.
