[Mpi-forum] MPI_Type_create_struct vs. other datatype creation routines

Sat Aug 27 06:03:02 CDT 2011

No, that can't be right.

MPI_Type_hindexed was in MPI-1, and it had MPI_Aint for displacement.

MPI_Type_indexed on the other hand uses int.

MPI_Type_struct in MPI-1 also used MPI_Aint.

MPI_Type_create_indexed_block was added in MPI-2.1 (or 2.2?) and uses int.

It all seems arbitrary to me.

  -- Pavan

On 08/27/2011 05:18 AM, Jeff Squyres wrote:
> An offhand guess: TYPE_CREATE_STRUCT was created in MPI-2, whereas the rest were created in MPI-1.
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> On Aug 27, 2011, at 3:54 AM, Pavan Balaji wrote:
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>> Is there a reason why MPI_Type_create_struct was given the special privilege of using MPI_Aint to store displacements, while the remaining datatype creation routines use int? This would essentially disallow creation of a datatype as an offset to MPI_BOTTOM.
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>> -- Pavan
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