[MPI3 Fortran] [Mpi-comments] MPI 3.0: Fortran 2008 interface - issue with the LOGICAL kind

[Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)]

On Feb 26, 2013, at 11:27 AM, Bill Long <longb at cray.com> wrote:

> In particular, the C function is not using _Bool.  It would seem to be more consistent for the Fortran interface to specify the argument as
> 
> INTEGER :: FLAG
> 
> or, better
> 
> INTEGER(c_int) :: FLAG.


FWIW, the MPI Fortran interfaces have always used LOGICAL for boolean values, not INTEGER.  It would be weird to change them now.

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