On Jul 16, 2013, at 4:22 PM, George Bosilca <bosi...@icl.utk.edu> wrote:
> Btw, I have a question to you fellow MPI Forum attendees. I just can't > remember why the MPI forum felt there was a need for the > MPI_Type_get[_true]_extent_x? MPI_Count can't be bigger than MPI_Aint, Yes, it can -- it has to be the largest integer type (i.e., it even has to be able to handle an MPI_Offset). > so I don't see what is the benefit of extending the > MPI_Type_get_true_extent(MPI_Datatype, MPI_Aint*, MPI_Aint*) and > MPI_Type_get_extent(MPI_Datatype, MPI_Aint*, MPI_Aint*) with the > corresponding _X versions? -- Jeff Squyres jsquy...@cisco.com For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/
