Add a portable stat method to the public interface

[markcmiller86]

This should be just exposing some stat functionality already available internally

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Ticket number: 2751 Status: New Project: VisIt Tracker: Feature Priority: Normal Subject: Add a portable stat method to the public interface Assigned to: - Category: - Target version: - Author: Mark Miller Start: 02/07/2017 Due date: % Done: 0% Estimated time: Created: 02/07/2017 02:44 pm Updated: Likelihood: Severity: Found in version: Impact: 3 - Medium Expected Use: 3 - Occasional OS: All Support Group: Any Description: This should be just exposing some stat functionality already available internally

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