Constants in specfiles
I have too much constants that a specfile syntax
solver Limiting-ADER-DG GRMHDSolver
variables const = rho:1,vel:3,E:1,B:3,psi:1,lapse:1,shift:3,gij:6
order const = 4
maximum-mesh-size = 6.0009
maximum-mesh-depth = 0
time-stepping = global
kernel const = generic::fluxes::nonlinear
language const = C
constants = initial_data:tovstar,boundary_x_lower:reflective,boundary_y_lower:reflective,boundary_z_upper:outgoing,tovstar-mass:1.234,tovstar-rl-ratio:2.345
would make sense. Tobias thinks in such a case a user would do something like
solver Limiting-ADER-DG GRMHDSolver
variables const = rho:1,vel:3,E:1,B:3,psi:1,lapse:1,shift:3,gij:6
order const = 4
maximum-mesh-size = 6.0009
maximum-mesh-depth = 0
time-stepping = global
kernel const = generic::fluxes::nonlinear
language const = C
constants = configuration-file:foobar.txt
and outsource the configuration in a language the user likes. However, this breaks with the idea of a single specfile for a single run. Therefore, I see two options
Add a DATA section after the specfile
This is what many script languages do, for instance perl (the DATA syntax in perl). The idea is just that the parsers ignore what goes after the end of the specfile (ie. the line containing end exahype-project
). Users could dump there any content in their favourite language. I would vote for this as it is super easy to implement, allows file concatenation and flexibility.
Allow user constant section
We could also just allow users to do something like
solver Limiting-ADER-DG GRMHDSolver
variables const = rho:1,vel:3,E:1,B:3,psi:1,lapse:1,shift:3,gij:6
order const = 4
maximum-mesh-size = 6.0009
maximum-mesh-depth = 0
time-stepping = global
kernel const = generic::fluxes::nonlinear
language const = C
constants = parameters:appended
limiter-kernel const = generic::musclhancock
limiter-language const = C
dmp-observables = 2
dmp-relaxation-parameter = 1e-2
dmp-difference-scaling = 1e-3
steps-till-cured = 0
simulation-parameters
foo = bar
baz = bar
blo = bar
blu = bar
etc.
end simulation-parameters
plot vtk::Cartesian::vertices::limited::binary ConservedWriter
variables const = 19
time = 0.0
repeat = 0.00166667
output = ./vtk-output/conserved
end plot
...
This would go well with the specfile syntax. In order to implement, we need
- Such a section with any key-value pairs added to the grammar, so the toolkit does not complain
- Support in the
Parser.cpp
(which is not too hard to add)