[Mpi-forum] MPI_INFO_GET_ENV naming question

[George Bosilca]

Absolutely, this change makes perfect sense. If you can't get to it in time, let me know I might have some time later today to address it.

Regards,
  george.


On Jul 23, 2012, at 11:09 , Rolf Rabenseifner wrote:

> 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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