07.task_list.patch

diff --git a/src/globals.cpp b/src/globals.cpp
index fd5c2560..5d12815a 100644
--- a/src/globals.cpp
+++ b/src/globals.cpp
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ namespace Globals {
 // all of these global variables are set at the start of main():
 int my_rank;         // MPI rank of this process
 int nranks;          // total number of MPI ranks
+int next_task_id = 69;  // next available task id (last item of task_list)
+int next_scalar_index = 0;  // next available scalar index
 }
diff --git a/src/globals.hpp b/src/globals.hpp
index 426a70ae..885ef30b 100644
--- a/src/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/globals.hpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 namespace Globals {
 extern int my_rank, nranks;
+extern int next_task_id;
+extern int next_scalar_index;
 }
 
 #endif // GLOBALS_HPP_
diff --git a/src/task_list/task_list.hpp b/src/task_list/task_list.hpp
index 4707d0a7..910df637 100644
--- a/src/task_list/task_list.hpp
+++ b/src/task_list/task_list.hpp
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class TimeIntegratorTaskList : public TaskList {
 
   bool CheckNextMainStage(int stage) const {return stage_wghts[stage%nstages].main_stage;}
 
- private:
+ protected:
   bool ORBITAL_ADVECTION; // flag for orbital advection (true w/ , false w/o)
   bool SHEAR_PERIODIC; // flag for shear periodic boundary (true w/ , false w/o)
   IntegratorWeight stage_wghts[MAX_NSTAGE];