vtk-m/docs/changelog/constant-amr-arrays.md
Kenneth Moreland 7992e1b6bf Store constant AMR arrays with less memory
The `AmrArrays` filter generates some cell fields that specify information
about the hierarchy, which are constant across all cells in a partition.
These were previously stored as an array with the same value throughout.
Now, the field is stored as an `ArrayHandleConstant`, which does not
require any real storage. Recent changes to VTK-m allow code to extract the
array as a component efficiently without knowing the storage type.

Fixes #794
2023-09-06 10:54:07 -06:00

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# Store constant AMR arrays with less memory
The `AmrArrays` filter generates some cell fields that specify information
about the hierarchy, which are constant across all cells in a partition.
These were previously stored as an array with the same value throughout.
Now, the field is stored as an `ArrayHandleConstant`, which does not
require any real storage. Recent changes to VTK-m allow code to extract the
array as a component efficiently without knowing the storage type.