[aspect-devel] inconsistency in use of x, y, and z

[Wolfgang Bangerth]

> 2) One option would be to change " Y extent" (2D) and "Z extent" (3D)
>   to "Vertical extent" and the one or two horizontal dimensions to be
> "Horizontal-1 extent" (2D & 3D) "Horizontal-2 Extent" (3D).  This would
> then be self explanatory and perhaps the backward compatibility could be
> taken care of inside the code.

Oh, I like this, yes. Nice idea!

I've put this on the list of topics for the hackathon.

Cheers
  W.

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