Re: More IO issues
Bill Nitzberg (nitzberg@nas.nasa.gov)
Fri, 11 Apr 1997 11:11:15 -0700
In message <19970410175638.KU64098@k2.llnl.gov> John May writes
> > > There are several other MPI-2 names that also take advantage of Rule 2:
> > > MPI_Put, MPI_Get, MPI_Spawn, and MPI_Accept. As it happens, these
> > > names correpond to names for similar operations that exist outside MPI,
> > > just as MPI_Open does.
> >
> > Yes, and they've all been renamed, because they still happen within the
> > scope of an MPI opaque object. I've been doing a lot of editing in 2
> > weeks since I've gotten back! Much of the C++ text in the March
> > document has been changed. For example, MPI_Win_put(), MPI_Win_get(),
> > MPI_Comm_spawn(), MPI_Comm_accept(), etc. (and yes, the chapter authors
> > know :-).
>
> Did they accept it willingly, or did they put up a fight? ;-) (And I'm
> not even chapter editor... C'mon Bill, where are you?)
I figured that you (John) were doing a fine job, and didn't
require any help. Said another way, John is right.
If we decide we want to strictly encapsulate all of the I/O routines,
we might consider changing the names to MPI_FILE_* everywhere, but
I wouldn't go any further than that.
- bill