inline unsigned field_scalars_per_entity(const FieldBase& f, const Bucket& b) {
ThrowAssert(f.entity_rank() == b.entity_rank());
ThrowAssert(&f.get_mesh() == &b.mesh());
const unsigned bytes_per_scalar = f.data_traits().size_of;
return f.get_meta_data_for_field()[b.bucket_id()].m_bytes_per_entity/bytes_per_scalar;
}
inline bool field_is_allocated_for_bucket(const FieldBase& f, const Bucket& b) {
ThrowAssert(&b.mesh() == &f.get_mesh());
//return true if field and bucket have the same rank and the field is associated with the bucket
return (is_matching_rank(f, b) && 0 != f.get_meta_data_for_field()[b.bucket_id()].m_bytes_per_entity);
}
inline unsigned field_bytes_per_entity(const FieldBase& f, const Bucket& b) {
ThrowAssert(f.entity_rank() == b.entity_rank());
ThrowAssert(&f.get_mesh() == &b.mesh());
return f.get_meta_data_for_field()[b.bucket_id()].m_bytes_per_entity;
}