itaps-parallel Neighbor definition

[Mark Miller]

So, I am guessing here but I'll bet this strikes at the source of Lori's
conern. She has no need to instantiate mesh edges. Of all the iMesh
entities she does instantiate, none are shared between parts. Given
the prevailing definition of 'neighbor', she is now required to instantiate
edges when she has no other need for them.

Tim Tautges wrote:

>
> I wondered about this and ended up removing a clause about shared
> entities being explicitly represented for this reason.  For example, an
> application may request 2d neighbors for a part.  In this case these
> entities should be instantiated in some way (at least enough to assign a
> handle for them).  1d neighbors wouldn't need to be instantiated in this
> case, even though technically they'd still exist.
>

--
Mark C. Miller, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
email: mailto:miller86 at llnl.gov
(M/T/W) (925)-423-5901 (!!LLNL BUSINESS ONLY!!)
(Th/F)  (530)-753-8511 (!!LLNL BUSINESS ONLY!!)