Re: may8-typos: chapter0..3

Eric Salo (salo@sgi.com)
Thu, 15 May 1997 13:38:00 -0500

> CH.3
> 17+ 3.1: why is a run-time method needed if a compile-time method
> is already there? Changing the C #define-s to const int
> would also give the correct type, so the MPI_GET_VERSION
> is unnecessary (or do I miss something???)

I asked this same question a while back. The answer I was given is that in the
presence of dynamic libraries, there might be a mismatch between the header
used during your build and the library used when you run. So depending on your
own particular degree of paranoia, you may want to verify one, or the other, or
both...or neither.

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Eric Salo      Silicon Graphics      salo@sgi.com