Re: GR proposal
Raja Daoud (raja@tbag.rsn.hp.com)
Thu, 16 Jan 1997 16:49:01 CST
>> An alternative that I suggest is to let GRs be nonpersistent, and let
>> MPI_Request_init take all the callback functions as well as extra
>> state, and actually start the nonpersistent GR. The it would
>> require just one function call:
>
>This is an excellent point. Can't say that I find anything wrong with it. Raja?
I find this to be a nicer solution, and if it pleases the key client for
generalized requests, so much the better. We just need to come up with
a better name for MPI_Request_init() to remove the similarity to the
MPI_*_init() calls. For example: MPI_Irequest()? ;-)
--Raja
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Raja Daoud Hewlett-Packard Co.
raja@rsn.hp.com Convex Division