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NAME
       MPI_Type_commit - Commits a data type.
SYNTAX
 
C Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_Type_commit(MPI_Datatype *datatype)
Fortran Syntax
       INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       MPI_TYPE_COMMIT(DATATYPE, IERROR)
            INTEGER   DATATYPE, IERROR
C++ Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       void Datatype::Commit()
INPUT PARAMETER
       datatype  Data type (handle).
OUTPUT PARAMETER
       IERROR    Fortran only: Error status (integer).
DESCRIPTION
       The  commit  operation commits the data type. A data type is the formal
       description of a communication buffer, not the content of that  buffer.
       After  a  data  type has been committed, it can be repeatedly reused to
       communicate the changing content of a buffer or, indeed, the content of
       different buffers, with different starting addresses.
       Example:  The  following  Fortran code fragment gives examples of using
       MPI_Type_commit.
           INTEGER type1, type2
           CALL MPI_TYPE_CONTIGUOUS(5, MPI_REAL, type1, ierr)
                         ! new type object created
           CALL MPI_TYPE_COMMIT(type1, ierr)
                         ! now type1 can be used for communication
       If the data type specified in datatype  is  already  committed,  it  is
       equivalent to a no-op.
ERRORS
       Almost  all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as the value
       of the function and Fortran routines in the last  argument.  C++  func-
       tions  do  not  return  errors.  If the default error handler is set to
       MPI::ERRORS_THROW_EXCEPTIONS, then on error the C++ exception mechanism
       will be used to throw an MPI:Exception object.
       Before  the  error  value is returned, the current MPI error handler is
       called. By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job,  except  for
Open MPI 1.2                    September 2006       MPI_Type_commit(3OpenMPI)
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