Re: Problem with error handlers

William Gropp (gropp@mcs.anl.gov)
Fri, 20 Jun 1997 08:51:59 -0500

| There is a problem with error handlers -- what is the type of
| MPI_ERRORS_RETURN? It used to be MPI_Handler_function, but that is now
| deprecated in favor of MPI_Comm_errhandler_fn, MPI_File_errhandler_fn, and
| MPI_Win_errhandler_fn.

No, MPI_ERRORS_RETURN is an MPI_Errhandler, not a particular function. There
is no way to extract the actual function (it isn't possible in Fortran; there
are no variables that can hold a function).

Bill