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NAME

       MPI_Type_extent  -  Returns  the  extent of a data type, the difference
       between the upper and lower bounds of the data type -- use of this rou-
       tine is deprecated.

SYNTAX


C Syntax

       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_Type_extent(MPI_Datatype datatype, MPI_Aint *extent)

Fortran Syntax

       INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       MPI_TYPE_EXTENT(DATATYPE, EXTENT, IERROR)
            INTEGER   DATATYPE, EXTENT, IERROR

INPUT PARAMETER

       datatype  Datatype (handle).

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       extent    Datatype extent (integer).

       IERROR    Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION

       Note  that  use  of  this routine is deprecated as of MPI-2. Please use
       MPI_Type_get_extent instead.

       This deprecated routine is not available in C++.

       MPI_Type_extent returns the extent  of  a  data  type,  the  difference
       between the upper and lower bounds of the data type.

       In general, if

           Typemap = {(type(0), disp(0)), ..., (type(n-1), disp(n-1))}

       then the lower bound of Typemap is defined to be

                     ( min(j) disp(j)                         if no entry has
         lb(Typemap)=(                                        basic type lb
                     (min(j) {disp(j) such that type(j) = lb} otherwise

       Similarly, the upper bound of Typemap is defined to be

                     (max(j) disp(j) + sizeof(type(j)) + e    if no entry has
         ub(Typemap)=(                                        basic type ub
                     (max(j) {disp(j) such that type(j) = ub} otherwise

       Then

       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
       I/O   function   errors.   The   error  handler  may  be  changed  with
       MPI_Comm_set_errhandler; the predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN
       may  be  used  to cause error values to be returned. Note that MPI does
       not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.

SEE ALSO

       MPI_Type_get_extent

1.3.4                            Nov 11, 2009               MPI_Type_extent(3)

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