[MPI3 Fortran] MPI-2.1: Fortran 90 bindings

[Jeff Squyres]

On Mar 7, 2008, at 7:01 AM, Harald Klimach wrote:

>> But the type is variable, right?  Hence, if you use an explicit size,
>> the *real* size of the buffer (in bytes) is sizeof(type)*size.  The
>> "size" parameter is supposed to be specified in bytes, not increments
>> of type size.  So I don't think the above binding would yield correct
>> results for non-character types.  Right?
> Hm, ok, perhaps this was a bad example, I never used MPI_BUFFER_ATTACH
> and just picked it because it has only two arguments ;)
> MPI_SEND would have been more appropiate.

I think that would work for scalars (heck, you don't even need the  
count for a scalar) and for 1D arrays.  But it seems problematic for  
2D and above.

>> Actually, MPI explicitly allows you to mix-n-match the types.  :-\
> Could you please point me to, where this is stated?

It is required that the send and receive buffers have compatible type  
maps.  See MPI-1:4.1:

"The type-matching conditions for the collective operations are more  
strict than the corresponding conditions between sender and receiver  
in point-to-point. Namely, for collective operations, the amount of  
data sent must exactly match the amount of data specified by the  
receiver. Distinct type maps (the layout in memory, see Sec. Derived  
datatypes ) between sender and receiver are still allowed."

> I can't find it.
> All I see is mentioning of that it should be allowed to have different
> types on separate calls. Which is also true for functions with one
> choice argument. Of course this may be due to my humble understanding
> of MPI.
> Anyway this may be a detail which needs clarification?


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Jeff Squyres
Cisco Systems