[MPI3 Fortran] MPI_INIT issues

[Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)]

This is a WG meeting, not a plenary.

Rolf -- are you not going to be there?  Because if I'm going to be the only WG member at the meeting, it'll be a pretty darn quick meeting.  :-)



On Feb 20, 2013, at 12:21 PM, Rolf Rabenseifner <rabenseifner at hlrs.de>
 wrote:

> As fas as I see,
> the MPI routines guarantee to work on all MPI processes,
> whereas the Fortran routines are guaranteed only in a 
> sequential program.
> 
> If you are doing slides, then please show the Fortran routine
> functionality (e.g., the INOUT quality of  a length argument)
> and compare it to the proposed MPI routine.
> They should be identical (i.e. least surprise).
> This would help the audience to see that the interface is okay.
> 
> Best regards
> Rolf
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bill Long" <longb at cray.com>
>> To: mpi3-fortran at lists.mpi-forum.org
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 6:17:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MPI3 Fortran] MPI_INIT issues
>> I found the proposed solution confusing. If the Fortran user wants to
>> call COMMAND_ARGUMENT_COUNT or GET_COMMAND_ARGUMENT, why not just do
>> that directly? I don't see a point to creating new functions starting
>> with MPI_ .
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Bill
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/20/13 11:02 AM, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) wrote:
>>> I see that Martin put us on the agenda to discuss the MPI_INIT
>>> Fortran issues (see
>>> https://svn.mpi-forum.org/trac/mpi-forum-web/ticket/351): 9-10am US
>>> Central on Tuesday morning.
>>> 
>>> Do we have any slides to discuss, or a plan, or ...?
>>> 
>>> Who will be there? (I will)
>>> 
>> 
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