- eliminate redundant size_ accounting
- drop extra 'Container' template parameter and replace functionality
with more flexible pack/unpack methods.
There is also a pack() method that handles indirect lists of lists
that can be used, for example, to pack a patch slice of faces.
Drop the 'operator()' method in favour of unpack to expose and properly
document the conversion. Should revisit the corresponding code in
some places for optimization potential.
- align some method names with globalIndex:
totalSize(), maxSize() etc