xbout.lazyload.make_chunkinfo

xbout.lazyload.make_chunkinfo(metadata, keep_xboundaries=True, keep_yboundaries=True)

Identify processor layout and the array slices to be extracted from each file. Handles single and double-null configurations.

metadata: dict

Dictionary of scalars read from the first processor’s file

keep_xboundaries: bool

Keep the MXG cells on inner and outer X boundaries

keep_yboundaries: bool

Keep MYG cells on all Y boundaries (upper and lower targets if DN)

Returns a dict that is used in make_lazy_array.

Parameters:

• metadata (dict)

• keep_xboundaries (bool)

• keep_yboundaries (bool)