With the introduction of the intermediate restart file period (issue #239), the default value from the configuration file was an empty string. This is not parsed correctly by Duration::parse().
Change the configuration default to "0", a duration of 0 seconds. This will then result in a restart file being written every timestep. So if the Duration between restart files is set to zero, instead set it to 10 000 years. I think it is safe to assume that if someone is doing a multi-10 000 year run, then they will want restart files with a shorter period than that.
Test Description
Added a test condition to ensure that Duration::parse("") throws.
The single column thermodynamics configuration is intended as a test, and that is once again working, so tests this.
Documentation Impact
Added text about the default behaviour to the online help system for the relevant option.
Duration defaults
Fixes #473
With the introduction of the intermediate restart file period (issue #239), the default value from the configuration file was an empty string. This is not parsed correctly by
Duration::parse().Change the configuration default to "0", a duration of 0 seconds. This will then result in a restart file being written every timestep. So if the Duration between restart files is set to zero, instead set it to 10 000 years. I think it is safe to assume that if someone is doing a multi-10 000 year run, then they will want restart files with a shorter period than that.
Test Description
Added a test condition to ensure that Duration::parse("") throws. The single column thermodynamics configuration is intended as a test, and that is once again working, so tests this.
Documentation Impact
Added text about the default behaviour to the online help system for the relevant option.