Index: /issm/trunk/src/c/DataSet/DataSet.cpp
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--- /issm/trunk/src/c/DataSet/DataSet.cpp	(revision 3513)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/c/DataSet/DataSet.cpp	(revision 3514)
@@ -959,7 +959,4 @@
 
 	}
-
-	/*Check that dofcount is positive*/
-	if (Size()) ISSMASSERT(dofcount>0);
 
 	/*Ok, now every object has distributed dofs, but locally, and with a dof count starting from 
