Silence error messages in getChannel() and getWavelength(), and add header file in process library

[rmontuoro]

Resubmitting PR #248 against develop to address issue #247.

[tclune]

@amdasilva This PR exposes one of the downsides of having the process library not depending on MAPL. We lose some useful error handling utilities this way. At what point to we accept that CCPP is no longer something that needs support?

[bbakernoaa]

I really hope that we are not thinking of stopping support for this.

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[tclune]

@bbakernoaa Are you aware of any activity in that direction? I'm sure we're not changing anything without lots of review to be certain we are not closing any important doors.

[bbakernoaa]

Yes. There is going to be some work towards this in the near future. Barry Baker National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Air Resources Laboratory Physical Research Scientist Chemical Modeling and Emissions Group Leader NCWCP, R/ARL, Rm. 4204 5830 University Research Court College Park, Maryland 20740 Phone: ‪(301) 683-1395‬

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[tclune]

@rmontuoro Unfortunately, it is not just the macros. There are a handful of procedures involved as well. We could create a "MAPL-lite" and make that a dependency. If we get frustrated enough, I suppose we could look into that.

I'd also like to use pflogger in that layer, but same issue ...

[vbuchard]

Looks ok.

[amdasilva]

Looks good.

[amdasilva]

@amdasilva This PR exposes one of the downsides of having the process library not depending on MAPL. We lose some useful error handling utilities this way. At what point to we accept that CCPP is no longer something that needs support?

@tclune No, it is a bad idea to have any dependency on MAPL and ESMF. This defeats the purpose of isolating the ESMF code. Also, any simple offline utility that needs any of this functionally will need to depend on a gigantic library. Keep the Process Library self contained and basic.

[tclune]

I understand. Just illuminating the tradeoff. Dependencies are also bad. I hate shades of grey.