itaps-parallel Question about copies

[Tim Tautges]

I think that the statement from the documentation implies that an entity will always have at least one "copy" (maybe 
that word is a bit ambiguous).

- tim

Saurabh Tendulkar wrote:
> For functions such as iMeshP_getNumCopies and iMeshP_getCopyParts, 
> should the input entity itself be considered in the output?
> 
> The documentation says that "if the given entity is a ghost entity, the 
> number of copies will be two (the ghost and its owner)". Extending this 
> to non-ghost part boundary entities would suggest that the entity itself 
> be included. Is this understanding correct?
> 
> Along those lines, if the entity passed is not a part boundary or ghost 
> entity, should iMeshP_getNumCopies return 0 (no other copies) or 1 (the 
> entity itself)?
> 
> Thanks,
> saurabh
> 

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