Hello Jordan,
If you look at HDF5 output and ask to not have ghosts output then you may be missing 3 points from the output file.
I am looking at HDF5 output, and I have the default "yes" for IOHDF5::output_ghost_zones. I tried to change it to "no" but this did not change this feature of the output.
Hmm, odd. Not quite sure what is going on here.
Please let me know if the above is sufficient.
I think it is, thank you! I'm still a bit puzzled by the fact that I don't get 4*ghost_size points as you explained, but for now, I think it is enough for me to understand where these "extra" points come from.
ok. Glad to have been able to help.
Yours, Roland