[MPIWG Fortran] Question about an argument of MPI_Testall

[N.M. Maclaren]

On Mar 12 2014, William Gropp wrote:
>On Mar 12, 2014, at 10:30 AM, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) wrote:
>
>> Rolf R. just reminded me off-list what the real reason is: 
>> MPI_STATUSES_IGNORE.

Yes, that makes sense.

> Should this be an optional argument in that case, and eliminate 
> MPI_STATUS_IGNORE and MPI_STATUSES_IGNORE, as was done for the C++ 
> interface?

In my view, yes.  I regret the demise of the C++ interface, as I found
it cleaner, and this was one of those aspects.

I am not disagreeing with Bill's points, of course - this is a value
judgement.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.