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MPI_Comm_free(3OpenMPI)                                                              MPI_Comm_free(3OpenMPI)



NAME
       MPI_Comm_free  - Mark a communicator object for deallocation.


SYNTAX
C Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_Comm_free(MPI_Comm *comm)


Fortran Syntax
       INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       MPI_COMM_FREE(COMM, IERROR)
            INTEGER   COMM, IERROR


C++ Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       void Comm::Free()


INPUT PARAMETER
       comm      Communicator to be destroyed (handle).


OUTPUT PARAMETER
       IERROR    Fortran only: Error status (integer).


DESCRIPTION
       This  operation  marks  the communicator object for deallocation. The handle is set to MPI_COMM_NULL.
       Any pending operations that use this communicator will complete  normally;  the  object  is  actually
       deallocated  only if there are no other active references to it. This call applies to intracommunica-tors intracommunicators
       tors and intercommunicators. Upon actual deallocation, the delete callback functions for  all  cached
       attributes (see Section 5.7 in the MPI-1 Standard, "Caching") are called in arbitrary order.


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.




Open MPI 1.2                                   September 2006                        MPI_Comm_free(3OpenMPI)