solution. This, too, has been addressed in this release.
\item \todo[inline]{Reza: Please add a short summary of the
\texttt{DiscreteTime} class}
-\item Certain types of quantities in a simulation are constants fully known
- at compile time. They can be pre-calculated and fully stored inside the
- compiled program binary in order to avoid unnecessary initialization during
- runtime. This optimization is now enabled for the class templates
- \texttt{Tensor} and \texttt{SymmetricTensor} by qualifying their constructor,
- member functions, and overloaded operators as \texttt{constexpr}.
- For instance, the linear mechanical constitutive model for elastic solids
- uses a constant fourth-order elasticity tensor
- $\mathbb{C} = \lambda \boldsymbol{I} \otimes \boldsymbol{I} + 2 \mu \mathbb{I}$
- which does not depend on the current state of strain.
- This tensor can be statically initialized by defining it as
- \texttt{constexpr SymmetricTensor<4, dim>}.
- As another example, the lattice vectors in a crystal plasticity model are generally
- constant and known during compilation time, enabling their efficient definition as
- \texttt{constexpr Tensor<1, dim>}.
\item z \todo[inline]{What else? Maybe mention the updated step-12?}
\end{itemize}
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\subsection{Expanded use of C++11 facilities}
\label{subsec:cxx}
-\todo[inline]{Reza: Short paragraph about constexpr}
-
-\todo[inline]{Mention as last sentence that next release will use C++14.}
+Certain types of quantities in a simulation are constants fully known
+at compile time. They can be pre-calculated and fully stored inside the
+compiled program binary in order to avoid unnecessary initialization during
+runtime. This optimization is now enabled for the class templates
+\texttt{Tensor} and \texttt{SymmetricTensor} by qualifying their constructor,
+member functions, and overloaded operators as \texttt{constexpr}.
+For instance, the linear mechanical constitutive model for elastic solids
+uses a constant fourth-order elasticity tensor
+$\mathbb{C} = \lambda \boldsymbol{I} \otimes \boldsymbol{I} + 2 \mu \mathbb{I}$
+which does not depend on the current state of strain.
+This tensor can be statically initialized by defining it as
+\texttt{constexpr SymmetricTensor<4, dim>}.
+As another example, the lattice vectors in a crystal plasticity model are generally
+constant and known during compilation time, enabling their efficient definition as
+\texttt{constexpr Tensor<1, dim>}.
+The capability of defining \texttt{constexpr} variables, functions, and methods
+was introduced by the C++11 standard and was later expanded by the C++14 standard.
+Therefore, the extent of \texttt{constexpr} support in \dealii{} depends on the C++
+standard which is used to compile the library. The next release of \dealii{}
+will fully adopt the features of the C++14 standard.
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