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MPI_Type_get_extent - Returns the lower bound and extent of a data type.

Syntax

C Syntax


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

Fortran Syntax (see FORTRAN 77 NOTES)


INCLUDE ’mpif.h’
MPI_TYPE_GET_EXTENT(DATATYPE, LB, EXTENT, IERROR)
    INTEGER    DATATYPE, IERROR
    INTEGER(KIND=MPI_ADDRESS_KIND) LB, EXTENT

C++ Syntax


#include <mpi.h>
void MPI::Datatype::Get_extent(MPI::Aint& lb, MPI::Aint& extent)
    const

Input Parameter

datatype
Data type (handle).

Output Parameters

lb
Lower bound of data type (integer).
extent
Data type extent (integer).
IERROR
Fortran only: Error status (integer).

Description

MPI_Type_get_extent returns the lower bound and the extent of datatype.

Note

Use of MPI_Type_get_extent is strongly recommended over the old MPI-1 functions MPI_Type_extent and MPI_Type_lb.

Fortran 77 Notes

The MPI standard prescribes portable Fortran syntax for the LB and EXTENT arguments only for Fortran 90. FORTRAN 77 users may use the non-portable syntax


     INTEGER*MPI_ADDRESS_KIND LB
or
     INTEGER*MPI_ADDRESS_KIND EXTENT

where MPI_ADDRESS_KIND is a constant defined in mpif.h and gives the length of the declared integer in bytes.

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++ functions 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.


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