ADDA > iterative.c > Checkpoint systems to save the current state of the iterative solver > vectors: xvec, rvec, pvec (Avecbuffer is _not_ saved)

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This article is related to ADDA (light scattering simulator based on the discrete dipole approximation).

In iterative.c, I found the following comments:

/* Checkpoint systems saves the current state of the iterative solver to the file. By default (for every iterative

• solver) a number of scalars and vectors are saved. The scalars include, among others, inprodR. **There are 3 default
• vectors: xvec, rvec, pvec (Avecbuffer is not saved)**. If the iterative solver requires any other scalars or vectors
• to describe its state, this information should be specified in structure arrays 'scalars' and 'vectors'.
  */

The Checkpoint systems are prepared with functions named as SaveIterChpoint() and LoadIterChpoint().

If my understanding is correct, the Checkpoint systems are used to stop/resume the calculation. Therefore I think that SaveIterChpoint() stores the coefficients of system of linear equations somewhere as files.