Re: [Libmesh-users] Mesh::read() for unknown dimension

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Dear John,

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, John Peterson wrote:

> You could try making _dim non-constant in MeshBase and add an
> empty ctor.  Then see what happens :)  I can't remember off
> the top of my head why the dimension is constant... I guess
> because it doesn't change.

Well, but Mesh::read() would also have to be changed to fill this 
field, wouldn't it?

On the other hand, for my purpose, it would suffice to have a function

unsigned int get_dimension_of_mesh_in_file(const std::string& filename);

that supplies the dimension.  I can then create an empty mesh of that 
dimension and call Mesh::read() as usual.

The best solution would of course be to have a constructor of Mesh 
that reads the mesh form a file (and determines the dimension 
correctly).

Best Regards,

Tim