Dear Roy,

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008, Roy Stogner wrote:

>> Good question.  Maybe, when I looked for a function that serves my
>> purpose, I didn't find that for whatever reason -- or let's say I
>> found Elem::key() first.  If Elem::id() returns a unique value, it is
>> certainly the right thing for me.
>
> One potential problem is that elem->id() is unique, but not fixed.
> Mesh refinement, repartitioning, basically anything requiring an
> EquationSystems::reinit() will cause those ids to be renumbered.  On
> the other hand, I think this was the case with Elem::key() as well.

That doesn't matter for my purpose.  I think it's exactly the thing I 
need.

Best Regards,

Tim

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