REGRESSION: missing "value" handling for some surface fields (#3144)

• changes in 8a8b5db9 were overly aggressive. Only need to suppress "value" IO for empty patch types

assigned to @kuti

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• linux64ClangDPInt32Opt (clang 15.0)
• linux64Gcc74DPInt32Opt (gcc 7.5.0)
• linux64Gcc74SPDPInt64Debug
• Alltest: No new errors (clang & gcc)

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• 2959bd25...c6501b79 - 3 commits from branch develop
• 732872b9 - REGRESSION: missing "value" handling for some surface fields (#3144 (closed))

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