[gmx-developers] curious about t_mdatoms

[Vishal Vaidyanathan]

Hi,
  Can somebody explain very briefly why we have a t_mdatoms structure? I
mean why take all the trouble of md2atoms() and atoms2md()? I guess it has
something to do with optimizing for speed, but a quick explanation would
help!
  This is not important for my current coding anyway, but I was just
curious. :-)
  Thanks,
								Vishal