On 5/23/11 1:16 PM, Jeff Squyres wrote:

On May 23, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Bill Long wrote:

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Ultimately, I'd be inclined to just scrap the routine as redundant.

This function has been there since 1996 (i.e., MPI-2).

Is it now obsolete? I.e., the Fortran instrinsic STORAGE_SIZE suitable? If so, we can deprecate the old MPI_SIZEOF function and not put it in the new MPI-3 fortran module... but it still has to be implemented in the existing MPI-2 fortran "use mpi" module (even if it's deprecated).

I don't see MPI_SIZEOF as being necessary with STORAGE_SIZE available. How is MPI_SIZEOF implemented in MPI-2?

Can you answer Rolf's questions? I'm particularly interested in the fortran wrapper questions.

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