If you want to do #354, i.e., to remove the MPI_T_... constants from the Fortran interfaces (mpif.h, mpi module, mpi_f08 module), then you should do it now and rename your ticket title to MPI-3.0 Errata: MPI_T constants erroneously listed for Fortran You should put it on the agenda and vote on it in the next meeting. Keep in mind: - If you want to have these constants also for Fortran-written wrappers available, you can re-introduce them in MPI-next, but then also with the appropriate interface for the MPI_T_... handles. - If you do not have both, then it is only very partially useful in Fortran-written profiling layers. - Therefore, i expect that it is only a copy&paste bug that MPI-3.0 defines the constants also for Fortran. - You should do it as fast as possible as MPI-3.0 errata, because a removal in MPI-next would be a non-backward-compatible change. Best regards Rolf -- Dr. Rolf Rabenseifner . . . . . . . . . .. email [email protected] High Performance Computing Center (HLRS) . phone ++49(0)711/685-65530 University of Stuttgart . . . . . . . . .. fax ++49(0)711 / 685-65832 Head of Dpmt Parallel Computing . . . www.hlrs.de/people/rabenseifner Nobelstr. 19, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany . . . . (Office: Room 1.307)