init_step.hh

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#include "pism/util/Time.hh"
#include "pism/util/MaxTimestep.hh"
 
namespace pism {
 
/*!
 * Update a `model` by asking it to perform time-stepping from the current time to one year in the
 * future (or as far as the time step restriction allows).
 *
 * This is sometimes necessary during initialization, but should be avoided if possible.
 */
template<class M>
void init_step(M *model, const Geometry &geometry, const Time& time) {
  const double
    now               = time.current(),
    one_year_from_now = time.increment_date(now, 1.0);
 
  // Take a one year long step if we can.
  MaxTimestep max_dt(one_year_from_now - now);
 
  max_dt = std::min(max_dt, model->max_timestep(now));
 
  // Do not take time-steps shorter than 1 second
  if (max_dt.value() < 1.0) {
    max_dt = MaxTimestep(1.0);
  }
 
  assert(max_dt.finite());
 
  model->update(geometry, now, max_dt.value());
}
 
} // end of namespace pism