Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi
From: "PC.Snir;207309" <snir>
Subject: Re: Use of MPI_Gatherv
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Date: 7 Nov 1995 23:02:18 GMT
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The current definition of gatherv implies that displacements are in multiple of
the datatype provided.  MPI2 is disuccsing the inclusing of a GATHERS function
that will allow to use an array of (byte) displacements and an array of
datatypes as arguments.  Any oppinion on its usefulness is wlecome. 
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Marc Snir 
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center 
email: snir@watson.ibm.com


