[Mpi-forum] MPI_INFO_GET_ENV naming question

[Rolf Rabenseifner]

George et al.,

can I change MPI_INFO_GET_ENV into MPI_INFO_ENV 
in one step in all three chapters:
chap-inquiry
chap-appLang
chap-changes
?

Best regards
Rolf


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Schulz" <schulzm at llnl.gov>
> To: "Rolf Rabenseifner" <rabenseifner at hlrs.de>
> Cc: "Main MPI Forum mailing list" <mpi-forum at lists.mpi-forum.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 12:40:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [Mpi-forum] MPI_INFO_GET_ENV naming question
> Hi Rolf, all,
> 
> (this is mainly directed at George, Marc, and the Environment chapter
> committee)
> 
> On Jul 22, 2012, at 3:41 AM, Rolf Rabenseifner wrote:
> 
> > Martin,
> >
> > Can we take this as a decision?
> > So far there is no objection.
> 
> I am very much in favor of it - I think it makes things much less
> confusing. Also, I agree, so far all comments were in favor of the
> change.
> 
> > It must be changed in tools and appLang, therefore, I need a clear
> > decision for appLang (as chapter author).
> 
> It doesn't affect the tools chapter - it's in the environment chapter
> that I helped edit for the time of the meeting in Chicago. This is
> George's chapter and Marc's ticket, though, and we haven't heard from
> them. Also, George would have to implement it or at least OK the
> change. I can make the changes, if this is our decision, but I would
> need to hear from George before going in and editing.
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
> >
> > Please tell.
> >
> > Best regards
> > Rolf
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "William Gropp" <wgropp at illinois.edu>
> >> To: "Martin Schulz" <schulzm at llnl.gov>, "Main MPI Forum mailing
> >> list" <mpi-forum at lists.mpi-forum.org>
> >> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 6:11:41 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Mpi-forum] MPI_INFO_GET_ENV naming question
> >> I prefer MPI_INFO_ENV . Using GET in the name will be confusing.
> >>
> >> Bill
> >>
> >> William Gropp
> >> Director, Parallel Computing Institute
> >> Deputy Director for Research
> >> Institute for Advanced Computing Applications and Technologies
> >> Paul and Cynthia Saylor Professor of Computer Science
> >> University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jul 19, 2012, at 12:25 PM, Schulz, Martin wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ________________________________________________________________________
> >>> Martin Schulz, schulzm at llnl.gov, http://people.llnl.gov/schulzm
> >>> CASC @ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, USA
> >>>
> >>>
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> ________________________________________________________________________
> Martin Schulz, schulzm at llnl.gov, http://people.llnl.gov/schulzm
> CASC @ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, USA

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University of Stuttgart . . . . . . . . .. fax ++49(0)711 / 685-65832
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