[Mpi-forum] Question about the semantics of MPI_Comm_disconnect

Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) jsquyres at cisco.com
Tue Nov 12 18:09:58 CST 2013


On Nov 12, 2013, at 6:55 PM, George Bosilca <bosilca at icl.utk.edu> wrote:

> It is a sentence inherited from MPI 1, and it made sense in a world dominated by pt2pt.

Sure, I assumed that.  :-)

> It is very literal and it does not apply “as it” to all concepts in the __current__ standard, but the intent is remain clear:  prevent any form of unexpected messages.

I understand that it is desirable to be vague in some places.  But this is not a case of being vague: it's a case of being *wrong*.  And it should therefore be fixed.

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