[Mpi-forum] MPI_INFO_GET_ENV naming question

[Schulz, Martin]

Hi all,

During the chapter review for Chapter 8, the environment chapter, a question came up at the forum, which we thought requires wider feedback.

Ticket 313 introduced an info object into MPI 3.0 that allows users to query the environment, which is called MPI_INFO_GET_ENV. This name, however, contains a verb and hence follows the naming structure of an MPI function, but is a constant. Hence, should we really go with this name or should we rename this into a name without a verb, like MPI_INFO_ENV, to avoid confusion? People in the room were leaning towards the latter and this is clearly ticket 0 at this point, but we wanted to ask to make sure there is no unintended impact with that change.

Comments?
Thanks,

Martin


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CASC @ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, USA