[Mpi-forum] Compile problems with examples in MPI Standard

[Rolf Rabenseifner]

Yes it was Jeff's,; my apologies to Bill and Jeff.

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bronis R. de Supinski" <bronis at llnl.gov>
> To: "Main MPI Forum mailing list" <mpi-forum at lists.mpi-forum.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:34:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mpi-forum] Compile problems with examples in MPI Standard
> Rolf:
> 
> You misstated Bill's preference. It should be:
> 
> - Bill's preference (..., char ***argv
> 
> Bronis
> 
> 
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2012, Rolf Rabenseifner wrote:
> 
> > I'm no specialist on this, but I want that you look at:
> >
> > - MPI-2.2 MPI_INIT (..., char ***argv
> >           MPI_INIT_THREAD(..., char *((*argv)[])
> > - Bill's preference char (*(*(argv_p[])))
> > - current MPI-3.0 (r1486)
> >   MPI_INIT and MPI_INI_THREAD char *((*argv)[])
> >
> > I would say, if there is no guaranteed backward compatible
> > change, I would prefere to stay with MPI-2.2 declarations
> > as they are.
> >
> > This is only a formal answer after detecting that
> > Bill's position is not identical to one of
> > the existing solutions.
> >
> > Rolf
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "William Gropp" <wgropp at illinois.edu>
> >> To: "Main MPI Forum mailing list" <mpi-forum at lists.mpi-forum.org>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:08:04 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Mpi-forum] Compile problems with examples in MPI
> >> Standard
> >> We need to make an explicit decision on this. Shall we change the
> >> second argument of MPI_Init and MPI_Init_thread to be char *** ?
> >>
> >> 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 24, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Jeff Squyres wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Jul 24, 2012, at 12:21 PM, William Gropp wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Clearly, we need to change the prototype for MPI_Init and
> >>>> MPI_Init_thread. The best choice is probably back to the
> >>>> original:
> >>>>
> >>>> char ***argv_p
> >>>>
> >>>> since that's what it is (complete with a rationale for why it
> >>>> isn't
> >>>> what we're currently using). I prefer this to the char
> >>>> (*(*(argv_p[]))), ...
> >>>
> >>> Oh the irony!! :-)
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Jeff Squyres
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Dr. Rolf Rabenseifner . . . . . . . . . .. email rabenseifner at hlrs.de
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