From 1045d95a5efc30fe7022f2d26c9f696ffd3963b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jukka Aho <jukka.aho@kapsi.fi>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:15:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] removed somewhat unnecessary element constructor

---
 src/elements.jl | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/elements.jl b/src/elements.jl
index 513b690..30eddb5 100644
--- a/src/elements.jl
+++ b/src/elements.jl
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ type Element{E<:AbstractElement}
     properties :: E
 end
 
-function Element{E<:AbstractElement}(::Type{E}, id::Int64, connectivity=[])
-    return Element{E}(id, connectivity, [], Dict(), E())
-end
+""" Construct a new element of type E.
 
-function Element{E<:AbstractElement}(::Type{E}, connectivity=[])
+Examples
+--------
+julia> element = Element(Tri3, [1, 2, 3])
+"""
+function Element{E<:AbstractElement}(::Type{E}, connectivity::Vector{Int})
     return Element{E}(-1, connectivity, [], Dict(), E())
 end