From 89fd5fb1b4687a192ff079da64f2dca493aefa08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Willem Deconinck <willem.deconinck@ecmwf.int>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:29:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove assertion in PointCloud to cater for empty partitions

---
 src/atlas/functionspace/PointCloud.cc | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/atlas/functionspace/PointCloud.cc b/src/atlas/functionspace/PointCloud.cc
index 61388a2f5..4f2dd4c71 100644
--- a/src/atlas/functionspace/PointCloud.cc
+++ b/src/atlas/functionspace/PointCloud.cc
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ PointCloud::PointCloud(const Grid& grid, const grid::Partitioner& _partitioner,
 
     if (halo_radius == 0. || nb_partitions_ == 1) {
         idx_t size_halo = size_owned;
-        ATLAS_ASSERT(size_owned > 0);
         lonlat_       = Field("lonlat", array::make_datatype<double>(), array::make_shape(size_halo, 2));
         ghost_        = Field("ghost", array::make_datatype<int>(), array::make_shape(size_halo));
         global_index_ = Field("global_index", array::make_datatype<gidx_t>(), array::make_shape(size_halo));