From: David Wells <wellsd2@rpi.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 17:45:53 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Remove a workaround for an old intel compiler.
X-Git-Tag: v8.5.0-rc1~1210^2
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fpull%2F2359%2Fhead;p=dealii.git

Remove a workaround for an old intel compiler.

This was added in April 2005 in commit 0a58949ace and is no longer
necessary.
---

diff --git a/source/base/geometry_info.cc b/source/base/geometry_info.cc
index 8d7b354735..5ed44c8c5c 100644
--- a/source/base/geometry_info.cc
+++ b/source/base/geometry_info.cc
@@ -41,25 +41,6 @@ template <int dim> const unsigned int GeometryInfo<dim>::hexes_per_cell;
 
 using namespace numbers;
 
-// make sure that also the icc compiler defines (and not only declares)
-// these variables
-namespace internal
-{
-  void foo (const unsigned int *) {}
-
-  template <int dim>
-  void define_variables ()
-  {
-    foo(&::dealii::GeometryInfo<dim>::vertices_per_cell);
-  }
-
-  template void define_variables<2> ();
-  template void define_variables<3> ();
-  template void define_variables<4> ();
-}
-
-
-
 template <>
 const unsigned int
 GeometryInfo<1>::unit_normal_direction[faces_per_cell]