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From: Brian W. Barrett (brbarret_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-03 17:17:24


On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Reza Roboubi wrote:

> When I create a "structure" data type (with a dynamically calculated
> shape and size), is there any way to _get_ this type when I MPI_Recv on
> the other end. As it stands, I think I must know _exactly_ what the
> type is when doing MPI_Recv.

Sorry about the slow reply.

You have to know the makeup of the datatype you are going to use. There
is no way I can think of in LAM (and certainly no portable way) to get
this information.

Brian

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