from pairoptions import pairoptions from collections import OrderedDict def richardsongasmoptions(*args): #retrieve options provided in *args options = pairoptions(*args) solverOptions = OrderedDict() solverOptions['toolkit'] = 'petsc' solverOptions['mat_type'] = options.getfieldvalue('mat_type', 'mpiaij') solverOptions['ksp_type'] = options.getfieldvalue('ksp_type', 'richardson') solverOptions['pc_type'] = options.getfieldvalue('pc_type', 'gasm') return solverOptions