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Add qmckl_probes description to the code documentation

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functions will use the precision specified in the =context=
variable.
In order to automatize numerical accuracy tests, QMCkl uses
[[https://github.com/verificarlo/verificarlo][Verificarlo]] and
its CI functionality. You can read Verificarlo CI's documentation
at the [[https://github.com/verificarlo/verificarlo/blob/master/doc/06-Postprocessing.md#verificarlo-ci][following link]].
Reading it is advised to understand the remainder of this section.
To enable support for Verificarlo CI tests when building the
library, use the following configure command :
#+begin_src bash
QMCKL_DEVEL=1 ./configure --prefix=$PWD/_install --enable-silent-rules --enable-maintainer-mode CC=verificarlo-f FC=verificarlo-f --host=x86_64 --enable-vfc_ci
#+end_src
Note that this does require an install of Verificarlo *with
Fortran support*. Enabling the support for CI will define the
~VFC_CI~ preprocessor variable which use will be explained now.
As explained in the documentation, Verificarlo CI uses a probes
system to export variables from test programs to the tools itself.
To make tests easier to use, QMCkl has its own interface to the
probes system. To make the system very easy to use, these functions
are always defined, but will behave differently depending on the
~VFC_CI~ preprocessor variable. There are 3 functions at your
disposal. When the CI is enabled, they will place a ~vfc_ci~ probe
as if calling ~vfc_probes~ directly. Otherwise, they will either do
nothing or perform a check on the tested value and return its result
as a boolean that you are free to use or ignore.
Here are these 3 functions :
- ~qmckl_probe~ : place a normal probe witout any check. Won't do
anything when ~vfc_ci~ is disabled.
- ~qmckl_probe_check~ : place a probe with a relative check. If
~vfc_ci~ is disabled, this will return the result of a relative
check (|val - ref| / ref < accuracy target?).
- ~qmckl_probe_check~ : place a probe with an absolute check. If
~vfc_ci~ is disabled, this will return the result of an absolute
check (|val - ref| < accuracy target ?)
If you need more details on these functions or their Fortran
interfaces, have a look at the ~tools/qmckl_probes~ files.
Finally, if you need to add a QMCkl kernel to the CI tests
or modify an existing one, you should pay attention to the
following points :
- you should add the new kernel to the ~vfc_tests_config.json~ file,
which controls the backends and repetitions for each executable. More
details can be found in the ~vfc_ci~ documentation.
- in order to call the ~qmckl_probes~ functions from Fortran, import
the ~qmckl_probes_f~ module. All Fortran functions are appended with
the ~_f~ suffix.
- if your tests include some asserts that rely on accurate FP values,
you should probably wrap them inside a ~#ifndef VFC_CI~ statement, as
the asserts would otherwise risk to fail when executed with the
different Verificarlo backends.
** Algorithms
Reducing the scaling of an algorithm usually implies also reducing