[Mitgcm-support] Re: packages_init_....

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So it could be called 

 ini_timevarying and
 ini_timeinvariant

very long, but maybe less bewildering than
ini_fixed and ini_variables.
 
Alistair Adcroft wrote:
> 
> I had to create them to fit initialization of
> OBCs around initialize_fixed and initialize_varia
> OBCS affects ini_cg2d (called from init_fixed) and
> also has to modify the initial conditions (called
> from init_varia).
> 
> If we had package_init without the _fixed and _varia suffix
> where shuold package_init get called from? initialization_fixed
> or initialization_varia?
> 
> I personally can't abide the _fixed _varia bits
> but it's needed for (data assim.) check-pointing.
> My understanding is that arrays that change with
> time (GM/KPP/OBCS) need to be init'd in _varia.
> 
> A.