mention arraycontext.flatten and unflatten in docs

meshmode/dof_array.py

@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
 from meshmode.transform_metadata import (
             ConcurrentElementInameTag, ConcurrentDOFInameTag)
 from arraycontext import (
-        ArrayContext, make_loopy_program,
-        ArrayContainer, with_container_arithmetic,
+        ArrayContext, make_loopy_program, with_container_arithmetic,
         serialize_container, deserialize_container,
         thaw as _thaw, freeze as _freeze,
         rec_map_array_container, rec_multimap_array_container,
         mapped_over_array_containers, multimapped_over_array_containers)
+from arraycontext.container import ArrayOrContainerT
 
 __doc__ = """
 .. autoclass:: DOFArray
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ def _flatten(grp_ary):
         return actx.np.concatenate([_flatten(grp_ary) for grp_ary in ary])
 
 
-def flatten(ary: ArrayContainer, *, strict: bool = True) -> ArrayContainer:
+def flatten(ary: ArrayOrContainerT, *, strict: bool = True) -> ArrayOrContainerT:
     r"""Convert all :class:`DOFArray`\ s into a "flat" array of degrees of
     freedom, where the resulting type of the array is given by the
     :attr:`DOFArray.array_context`.
@@ -463,7 +463,10 @@ def flatten(ary: ArrayContainer, *, strict: bool = True) -> ArrayContainer:
     index fastest.
 
     Recurses into the :class:`~arraycontext.ArrayContainer` for all
-    :class:`DOFArray`\ s.
+    :class:`DOFArray`\ s and flattens them, but retains the
+    remaining structure of the container as is. For a more general method,
+    that produces a one-dimensional "flat" array of the entire container see
+    :func:`arraycontext.flatten`.
 
     :arg strict: if *True*, only :class:`DOFArray`\ s are allowed as leaves
         in the container *ary*. If *False*, any non-:class:`DOFArray` are
@@ -524,10 +527,10 @@ def _unflatten_group_sizes(discr, ndofs_per_element_per_group):
 
 
 def unflatten(
-        actx: ArrayContext, discr, ary: ArrayContainer,
+        actx: ArrayContext, discr, ary: ArrayOrContainerT,
         ndofs_per_element_per_group: Optional[Iterable[int]] = None, *,
         strict: bool = True,
-        ) -> ArrayContainer:
+        ) -> ArrayOrContainerT:
     r"""Convert all "flat" arrays returned by :func:`flatten` back to
     :class:`DOFArray`\ s.
 
@@ -537,6 +540,9 @@ def unflatten(
     of degrees of freedom, as given by `ndofs_per_element_per_group`
     (or via *discr*).
 
+    Note that this method only restores flattened :class:`DOFArray`\ s. For
+    a more general version see :func:`arraycontext.unflatten`.
+
     :arg ndofs_per_element: if given, an iterable of numbers representing
         the number of degrees of freedom per element, overriding the numbers
         provided by the element groups in *discr*. May be used (for example)
@@ -558,9 +564,9 @@ def _unflatten(subary):
 
 
 def unflatten_like(
-        actx: ArrayContext, ary: ArrayContainer, prototype: ArrayContainer, *,
+        actx: ArrayContext, ary: ArrayOrContainerT, prototype: ArrayOrContainerT, *,
         strict: bool = True,
-        ) -> ArrayContainer:
+        ) -> ArrayOrContainerT:
     r"""Convert all "flat" arrays returned by :func:`flatten` back to
     :class:`DOFArray`\ s based on a *prototype* container.
 
@@ -572,6 +578,8 @@ def unflatten_like(
     :class:`~meshmode.discretization.Discretization`\ s within the same
     container.
 
+    For a more general version, see :func:`arraycontext.unflatten`.
+
     :arg prototype: an array container with the same structure as *ary*,
         whose :class:`DOFArray` leaves are used to get the sizes to
         unflatten *ary*.
@@ -615,10 +623,10 @@ def _unflatten_like(_ary, _prototype):
     return _unflatten_like(ary, prototype)
 
 
-def flatten_to_numpy(actx: ArrayContext, ary: ArrayContainer, *,
-        strict: bool = True) -> ArrayContainer:
+def flatten_to_numpy(actx: ArrayContext, ary: ArrayOrContainerT, *,
+        strict: bool = True) -> ArrayOrContainerT:
     r"""Converts all :class:`DOFArray`\ s into "flat" :class:`numpy.ndarray`\ s
-    using :func:`flatten`.
+    using :func:`flatten` and :meth:`arraycontext.ArrayContext.to_numpy`.
     """
     def _flatten_to_numpy(subary):
         if isinstance(subary, DOFArray) and subary.array_context is None:
@@ -630,12 +638,13 @@ def _flatten_to_numpy(subary):
 
 
 def unflatten_from_numpy(
-        actx: ArrayContext, discr, ary: ArrayContainer,
+        actx: ArrayContext, discr, ary: ArrayOrContainerT,
         ndofs_per_element_per_group: Optional[Iterable[int]] = None, *,
         strict: bool = True,
-        ) -> ArrayContainer:
+        ) -> ArrayOrContainerT:
     r"""Takes "flat" arrays returned by :func:`flatten_to_numpy` and
-    reconstructs the corresponding :class:`DOFArray`\ s using :func:`unflatten`.
+    reconstructs the corresponding :class:`DOFArray`\ s using :func:`unflatten`
+    and :meth:`arraycontext.ArrayContext.from_numpy`.
     """
     group_shapes, group_starts = _unflatten_group_sizes(
             discr, ndofs_per_element_per_group)