From: Peter Munch <peterrmuench@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:13:48 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Add assert to check the definition of CellData
X-Git-Tag: v9.4.0-rc1~935^2
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0e83a8c4f3009765ac44b66f3969f70a582d9784;p=dealii.git

Add assert to check the definition of CellData
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diff --git a/include/deal.II/grid/connectivity.h b/include/deal.II/grid/connectivity.h
index 716749fdc2..d4264bf045 100644
--- a/include/deal.II/grid/connectivity.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/grid/connectivity.h
@@ -1491,6 +1491,23 @@ namespace internal
       // loop over cells and create CRS
       for (const auto &cell : cells)
         {
+#ifdef DEBUG
+          auto vertices_unique = cell.vertices;
+          std::sort(vertices_unique.begin(), vertices_unique.end());
+          vertices_unique.erase(std::unique(vertices_unique.begin(),
+                                            vertices_unique.end()),
+                                vertices_unique.end());
+
+          Assert(vertices_unique.size() == cell.vertices.size(),
+                 ExcMessage(
+                   "The definition of a cell refers to the same vertex several "
+                   "times. This is not possible. A common reason is that "
+                   "CellData::vertices has a size that does not match the "
+                   "size expected from the reference cell. Please resize "
+                   "CellData::vertices or use the appropriate constructor of "
+                   "CellData."));
+#endif
+
           const dealii::ReferenceCell reference_cell =
             dealii::ReferenceCell::n_vertices_to_type(dim,
                                                       cell.vertices.size());