new chapter

Steve Huss-Lederman (lederman@cs.wisc.edu)
Tue, 17 Sep 1996 11:21:07 -0500

The new external chapter is now available in
ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mpi2/ei-960917.ps. Here is a list from the
text of the major changes:

* A problem with communicator IDs is noted. We need to have
discussion on this.

* The byte representation of datatypes was left and the older one
removed. Some concerns with it are noted.

* The true extent section was deleted. This is now dealt with in misc.

* I did not move the argument of the handle\_kind to the end of
the list. We need to discuss this.

* Callbacks on MPI\_FINALIZE was updated. Several open questions were raised.

* updated threads section

* A new section on associating information with a status.

* New section with cononical representation proposal.

* New section on contiguous datatype determination.

There are lots of changes (and probable mistakes). Please read it.
We are nearing the SC96 release.

Steve