From: Jean-Paul Pelteret <jppelteret@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 18:16:22 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: Change the number type of material_id and boundary_id
X-Git-Tag: v9.0.0-rc1~1311^2~3
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7a3b4065d4d;p=dealii.git

Change the number type of material_id and boundary_id
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diff --git a/doc/news/changes/incompatibilities/20170807Jean-PaulPelteret b/doc/news/changes/incompatibilities/20170807Jean-PaulPelteret
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e2925267b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/news/changes/incompatibilities/20170807Jean-PaulPelteret
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Changed: The types::boundary_id and types::material_id types have been changed
+from unsigned char to unsigned int. 
+<br>
+(Jean-Paul Pelteret, 2017/08/07)
diff --git a/include/deal.II/base/types.h b/include/deal.II/base/types.h
index 3b5f5c78f0..0f2a2302f8 100644
--- a/include/deal.II/base/types.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/base/types.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ namespace types
    * @see
    * @ref GlossBoundaryIndicator "Glossary entry on boundary indicators"
    */
-  typedef unsigned char boundary_id;
+  typedef unsigned int boundary_id;
 
   /**
    * The type used to denote manifold indicators associated with every object
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ namespace types
    * @see
    * @ref GlossMaterialId "Glossary entry on material indicators"
    */
-  typedef unsigned char material_id;
+  typedef unsigned int material_id;
 }
 
 /**