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diff --git a/include/deal.II/particles/particle_accessor.h b/include/deal.II/particles/particle_accessor.h
index e035a3941ecb7dccb7d792704637058292c4805c..b90fe459e48e5ae6d9aaab17d408984b800d4621 100644 (file)
--- a/include/deal.II/particles/particle_accessor.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/particles/particle_accessor.h
@@ -194,10 +194,17 @@ namespace Particles
     get_properties() const;
 
     /**
-     * @deprecated: This function is only kept for backward compatibility
+     * Tell the particle where to store its properties (even if it does not
+     * own properties). Usually this is only done once per particle, but
+     * since the particle generator does not know about the properties
+     * we want to do it not at construction time. Another use for this
+     * function is after particle transfer to a new process.
+     *
+     * @deprecated This function is only kept for backward compatibility
      * and has no meaning any more. ParticleAccessors always use the
      * property pool of the owning particle handler.
      */
+    DEAL_II_DEPRECATED_EARLY
     void
     set_property_pool(PropertyPool<dim, spacedim> &property_pool);
 
@@ -219,10 +226,10 @@ namespace Particles
     get_surrounding_cell() const;
 
     /**
-     * @deprecated: Deprecated version of the function with the same
+     * @deprecated Deprecated version of the function with the same
      * name above.
      */
-    DEAL_II_DEPRECATED
+    DEAL_II_DEPRECATED_EARLY
     const typename Triangulation<dim, spacedim>::cell_iterator &
     get_surrounding_cell(
       const Triangulation<dim, spacedim> &triangulation) const;
@@ -655,9 +662,10 @@ namespace Particles
   template <int dim, int spacedim>
   inline void
   ParticleAccessor<dim, spacedim>::set_property_pool(
-    PropertyPool<dim, spacedim> & /*new_property_pool*/)
+    PropertyPool<dim, spacedim> &new_property_pool)
   {
-    /* nothing to do */
+    Assert(&new_property_pool = property_pool, ExcInternalError());
+    (void)new_property_pool;
   }
 
 

diff --git a/include/deal.II/particles/particle_handler.h b/include/deal.II/particles/particle_handler.h
index 03edfd0ef0002260e7bd705797eddd2ed25efcf0..a674d73d546d37d9a8843e4d667f8fb871025c0f 100644 (file)
--- a/include/deal.II/particles/particle_handler.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/particles/particle_handler.h
@@ -52,16 +52,10 @@ namespace Particles
    * we call particles in the domain of the local process local particles,
    * and particles that belong to neighbor processes and live in the ghost cells
    * around the locally owned domain "ghost particles". The class also includes
-   * functionality that is similar to the DoFHandler() class (it knows which
-   * particles live on which cells) and the SolutionTransfer() class (it know
+   * functionality that is similar to the DoFHandler class (it knows which
+   * particles live on which cells) and the SolutionTransfer class (it knows
    * how to transfer particles between cells and subdomains).
    *
-   * @note: While the class can be used in any kind of triangulation, transfer
-   * of particles during mesh refinement is currently only implemented for
-   * distributed triangulations. You can still use the class for serial
-   * triangulations, but you cannot change the mesh while particles
-   * exist inside the particle handler.
-   *
    * For examples on how to use this class to track particles, store properties
    * on particles, and let the properties on the particles influence the
    * finite-element solution see step-19, step-68, and step-70.
@@ -111,7 +105,7 @@ namespace Particles
     virtual ~ParticleHandler();
 
     /**
-     * Initialize the particle handler. This function does clear the
+     * Initialize the particle handler. This function clears the
      * internal data structures, and sets the triangulation and the
      * mapping to be used.
      */
@@ -586,7 +580,7 @@ namespace Particles
         &load_callback);
 
     /**
-     * Return the total number of particles that are managed by this class
+     * Return the total number of particles that were managed by this class
      * the last time the update_cached_numbers() function was called.
      * The actual number of particles may have changed since then if
      * particles have been added or removed.
@@ -958,10 +952,10 @@ namespace Particles
       const bool enable_cache = false);
 
     /**
-     * Transfer ghost particles position and properties assuming that
+     * Transfer ghost particles' position and properties assuming that
      * the particles have not changed cells. This routine uses the
      * GhostParticlePartitioner as a caching structure to know which particles
-     * are ghost to other processes, and where they need to be send.
+     * are ghost to other processes, and where they need to be sent.
      * It inherently assumes that particles cannot have changed cell.
      *
      * @param [in] particles_to_send All particles for which information