Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:31:32 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Alexander Supalov <Alexander.Supalov@XXXXXXXXXX>
Subject: Re: redefining MPI_LONG_LONG_INT
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Dear Bill,

>Note that we didn't vote *in* MPI_LONG_LONG_INT; it is part of the MPI 
>1.0/1.1/1.2 standard (see page 19, line 1 of the 1.1 standard).  The vote 
>was only to correct the definition of the length of MPI_LONG_LONG_INT to 
>use the datatype that was defined as part of the MPI Standard.

Sorry, I was wrong here. Thanks for correction.

>I agree that the name chosen in MPI 1 was unfortunate, but rather than 
>change part of MPI 1.1, we'll need to define a different name for the 
>MAXLOC and MINLOC datatypes.

What about introducing a number of MPI_type_LOC and deprecating the MPI_type_INT 
types as confusing?

Best regards.

Alexander

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