There were many tests that created code paths for every base and Vec
type that VTK-m supports (up to 4 components). Although this is
admirable, it is also excessive, and our compile times for the tests are
very long.
To shorten compile times, remove the TryAllTypes method. Replace it with
a version of TryTypes that uses a default list of "exemplar" set of
integers, floats, and Vecs.
ThreadIndicies constructor was templated on the invocation type, which created
thousand's of versions of that symbol which all had the same behavior. So now
remove that and move that logic into a Worklet function since it requires
the invocation info.
This changes the interface to the ThreadIndices classes to have both
input and output indices. It also adds a visit index to ThreadIndices.
Also added the VisitIndex execution signature tag, which relies on this
behavior.
Previously, all Fetch objects received an Invocation object in their
Load and Store methods. The point of this was that it allowed the Fetch
to get data from any of the execution objects. However, every Fetch
either just got data directly from its associated execution object or
else used a secondary execution object (the input domain) to get indices
into their own execution object.
This left two potential areas for improvement. First, pulling data out
of the Invocation object was unnecessarily complicated. It would be much
nicer to get data directly from the associated execution object. Second,
when getting index information from the input domain, it was often the
case that extra computations were necessary (particularly on structured
cell sets). There was no way to share the index information among
Fetches, and therefore the computations were replicated.
This change removes the Invocation from the Fetch Load and Store.
Instead, it passes the associated execution object and a new object type
called the ThreadIndices. The ThreadIndices are customized for the input
domain and therefore have all the information needed for a redirected
lookup. It is also a thread-local object so it can cache computed
indices and save on computation time.
In the special case where you are loading the point coordinates for a
structured grid in a point to cell map (an important use case), create a
VecRectilinearPointCoordinates rather than build a Vec of the values.
This will activate the cell specalizations in previous commits.
These changes also added some flat-to-logical index conversion and vice
versa in ConnectivityStructuredInternals. This change also fixed a bug
in getting cells attached to points in 2D grids. (Actually, technically
someone else fixed it and checked it in first. The changes were merged
during a rebase.)
I also added a specalization to Vec for 1D that implicitly converts
between the 1D Vec and the component. This can be convenient when
templating on the Vec length.
Previously, all arrays passed to worklets were designated as either
input or output. No in-place operation was permitted. This change adds
the FieldInOut tag for ControlSignature in both WorkletMapField and
WorkletMapTopology that allows you to read and write from the same
array.
C and C++ has a funny feature where operations on small integers (char
and short) actually promote the result to a 32 bit integer. Most often
in our code the result is pushed back to the same type, and picky compilers
can then give a warning about an implicit type conversion (that we
inevitably don't care about). Here are a lot of changes to suppress
the warnings.
ICC can be pretty thorough about finding unused elements. In this case
it was picking up an unused method in instances of a templated class
in an anonymous namespace. It was a method that should be there due to
the nature of the class, but it happened to not be used (which was OK,
too). To get around the problem, I just added some use of that method
in another method.
It's easy to put accidently put something that is not a valid tag in a
ControlSignature or ExecutionSignature. Previously, when you did that
you got a weird error at the end of a very long template instantiation
chain that made it difficult to find the offending worklet.
This adds some type checks when the dispatcher is instantated to check
the signatures. It doesn't point directly to the signature or its
parameter, but it is much closer.
One fix is a simple (pointless) compiler warning about precision. The
other fix is an error in one of the test codes that did not clear out
the message string in an error message buffer like it was supposed to.
These changes support the implementation of DispatcherBase. This class
provides the basic functionality for calling an Invoke method in the
control environment, transferring data to the execution environment,
scheduling threads in the execution environment, pulling data for each
calling of the worklet method, and actually calling the worklet.
The Fetch class is responsible for moving data in and out of some
collection in the execution environment. The Fetch class is templated
with a pair of tags (the type of fetch and the aspect) that control the
mechanism used for the fetch.
