re: file interoperability

Greg Astfalk (astfalk@hydra.rsn.hp.com)
Wed, 19 Jun 96 10:06:42 -0500

Rajeev Thakur writes:
> I suggest that we add a parameter to MPI_Open, for the user to
> indicate whether he needs file interoperability or not.
> The reason for this is that the user may not always need file
> interoperability, e.g. during program development,
> debugging, even some production runs. In such cases, I/O could be done
> more efficiently with noninteroperable files.

I think this is a good idea. However, as always, I continue to
believe that a solution to the `real' interoperability problem is
paramount to the success of MPI-IO.

I am way behind on email, but I know there are some proposals
regarding interopertability. I have more comments on these later.