[MPI3 Fortran] MPI non-blocking transfer

[N.M. Maclaren]

On Feb 11 2009, Aleksandar Donev wrote:
>On Wednesday 11 February 2009 09:08, Craig Rasmussen wrote:
>
>> Ignoring the precise syntax for now, the important point is whether
>> an   attribute on a procedure will be sufficient.
>
>And that question has been answered with "no" in discussions: the data 
>(buffer) itself must be marked somehow, not just the Send/Recv/Wait 
>call site. ...

Yes.  An attribute of the transfer buffer is both necessary and
sufficient.  A property of a procedure is neither sufficient nor
even helpful.  That is PRECISELY why the ASYNCHRONOUS attribute is
an attribute of objects!


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Nick Maclaren,
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