[MPI3 Fortran] MPI 3 text is ready

[Rolf Rabenseifner]

Nick and Craig,

I attached the result-slides of our discussion at the MPI Forum meeting in
Stuttgart.

The tickets https://svn.mpi-forum.org/trac/mpi-forum-web/ticket/229
through 253 reflect these decisions only partially.
I have to correct these tickets. This will need more time.

The major ticket
https://svn.mpi-forum.org/trac/mpi-forum-web/ticket/234 (F)
is already mainly correct.

As far as we know, Fortran will directly pass the reference of a 
standardised "dope-vector" that describes the buffer.
The currently in this ticket mentioned CFI_update_cdesc() is not needed.

We expect:
The "dope-vector" has enough information that the MPI wrappers can make
a contiguous copy of the possibly non-contiguous buffer (if the actual argument
is a multi-dimensional triplet-subsript).
This buffer is produced and under control of MPI. Call by reference is performed
by the compiler.

We expect:
In the case of a vector-subscript (in some dimension, i.e. Fortran rank), 
the Fortran compiler will generate code that copies the 
non-contiguous buffer into a contiguous scratch
buffer and the dope-vector describes this contiguous scratch buffer. 
This buffer is under control of the Fortran runtime.
Call by in-copy and out-copy is performed.

Nick and Craig, are these asumptions fully correct?

Best regard
Rolf

----- Original Message -----
> From: "N.M. Maclaren" <nmm1 at cam.ac.uk>
> To: "MPI-3 Fortran working group" <mpi3-fortran at lists.mpi-forum.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 9:10:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [MPI3 Fortran] MPI 3 text is ready
> On Sep 13 2010, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) wrote:
> >
> > Rolf and Craig and I want to present the entirety of the MPI 3
> > fortran
> > stuff to the WG this week, in preparation for presenting it to the
> > forum
> > in the oct meeting. If all goes well, we could have a formal first
> > reading in dec.
> >
> > Will you all be able to attend the fortran WG meeting this week and
> > give
> > us first-level feedback?
> 
> No. Where is it? I shall probably not get time to analyse it in
> detail,
> but I am horribly afraid that there are going to be serious problems
> with
> the new Fortran bindings. There are a lot of incompatible assumptions
> doing the rounds in this area. Both MPI and the Fortran Interop need
> as
> much analysis as possible.
> 
> Regards,
> Nick.
> 
> 
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