[Yt-dev] RMS mass overdensity method

Stephen Skory stephenskory at yahoo.com
Sun Mar 1 20:12:56 PST 2009


> Interesting!  I think this is a good method of implementing a parallel
> sphere object!  We can wrap what you've done into the cutting methods.

Cool. I had this inspiration while I was washing my dishes.
 
> I think if you utilize a single random state between teh two, like
> what Britton does in the light cone, that would work great.  :)

I'll look into that.

> This would be a great addition.  I think this would go well in
> extensions or in Derived Quantities (but not as a DQ, because I am not
> sure we can implement the DQ protocol unless we use the second method
> I mentioned above), but let's see if we can come up with some
> streamlining first.  I am glad that the MPI calls are kept to a
> minimum here, but do you mind if I make some suggestions before it
> gets added?

Sure, suggest away! I'm in no rush to commit. Are there any MPI calls I can avoid? The variable 'threads' isn't very elegant, do you have a better idea? I look forward to making this code production-ready.

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