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MPI_Type_extent(3OpenMPI)                                                          MPI_Type_extent(3OpenMPI)



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 routine 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

           extent(Typemap) = ub(Typemap) - lb(Typemap)

       If  type(i) requires alignment to a byte address that is a multiple of k(i), then e is the least non-negative nonnegative
       negative increment needed to round extent(Typemap) to the next multiple of max(i) k(i).


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.


SEE ALSO
       MPI_Type_get_extent




Open MPI 1.2                                   September 2006                      MPI_Type_extent(3OpenMPI)