From 6f084cbec6324a8c8bbef71bc3d64a4a67f65f66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bangerth <bangerth@0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:54:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Leave a note.

git-svn-id: https://svn.dealii.org/branches/branch_manifold_id_intermediate@33148 0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d
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 deal.II/include/deal.II/grid/tria.h | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/deal.II/include/deal.II/grid/tria.h b/deal.II/include/deal.II/grid/tria.h
index d36d558629..5af6ef9b29 100644
--- a/deal.II/include/deal.II/grid/tria.h
+++ b/deal.II/include/deal.II/grid/tria.h
@@ -3371,6 +3371,11 @@ private:
    * in 2d and higher where we have space in the structures that store
    * data for faces, but in 1d there is no such space for faces.
    *
+   * @note Manifold objects are pretty useless for points since they are
+   * neither refined nor are their interiors mapped. We nevertheless allow
+   * storing manifold ids for points to be consistent in dimension-independent
+   * programs.
+   *
    * The field is declared as a pointer for a rather mundane reason:
    * all other fields of this class that can be modified by the
    * TriaAccessor hierarchy are pointers, and so these accessor
-- 
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