* is then converted in the present class to the final graphics
* format.
*
+ * Note that the intermediate format is what its name suggests: a
+ * direct representation of internal data. It isn't standardized and
+ * will change whenever we change our internal representation. You can
+ * only expect to process files written in this format using the same
+ * version of deal.II that was used for writing.
+ *
* The reason why we offer to write out this intermediate format is
* that it can be read back into a deal.II program using the
* DataOutReader class, which is helpful in at least two contexts:
* in deal.II intermediate
* format. See
* DataOut::write_deal_II_intermediate.
+ *
+ * Note that the intermediate
+ * format is what its name
+ * suggests: a direct
+ * representation of internal
+ * data. It isn't standardized
+ * and will change whenever we
+ * change our internal
+ * representation. You can only
+ * expect to process files
+ * written in this format using
+ * the same version of deal.II
+ * that was used for writing.
*/
void write_deal_II_intermediate (std::ostream &out) const;
* run time, even though the compiler already needs it at compile time. A way
* around using the DataOutBase::determine_intermediate_format_dimensions()
* function is explained in @ref step_19 "step-19".
- *
+ *
+ * Note that the intermediate format is what its name suggests: a
+ * direct representation of internal data. It isn't standardized and
+ * will change whenever we change our internal representation. You can
+ * only expect to process files written in this format using the same
+ * version of deal.II that was used for writing.
*
* @ingroup input output
* @author Wolfgang Bangerth, 2005