From 337443528180e452211f942feb6b050025a23f02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2022 23:19:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add note that integer sizes can be queried without a LAMMPS
 handle

---
 src/library.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/library.cpp b/src/library.cpp
index bfa0fc803a..a2a632c244 100644
--- a/src/library.cpp
+++ b/src/library.cpp
@@ -949,7 +949,8 @@ int lammps_get_mpi_comm(void *handle)
 This function will retrieve or compute global properties. In contrast to
 :cpp:func:`lammps_get_thermo` this function returns an ``int``.  The
 following tables list the currently supported keyword.  If a keyword is
-not recognized, the function returns -1.
+not recognized, the function returns -1.  The integer sizes functions may
+be called without a valid LAMMPS object handle (it is ignored).
 
 * :ref:`Integer sizes <extract_integer_sizes>`
 * :ref:`System status <extract_system_status>`