I believe we use that constant in several places to define a static array size - you might check to be safe.
On Jun 14, 2012, at 11:52 AM, Jeff Squyres wrote: > WHAT: Remove non-standard MPI_MAX_NAME_LEN from mpi.h. > > WHY: It looks like this was a carryover from LAM/MPI, but it's not in any MPI > spec. > > WHERE: mpi.h > > TIMEOUT: This seems non-controversial, so I'll set the timeout to the > teleconf next Tuesday: June 19, 2012 > > ------ > > More details: > > MPI_MAX_NAME_LEN is in mpi.h, but *not* in mpif.h, nor the C++ bindings. It > looks like this is some kind of hold over from LAM/MPI, per the comment in > mpi.h: > > #define MPI_MAX_NAME_LEN MPI_MAX_PORT_NAME /* max port name > length, non-std. (LAM < 6.3b1) */ > > This really should be removed to avoid confusion. > > If there's any discussion needed, I'm happy to push back the timeout -- I'm > just assuming that there won't need to be any. > > -- > Jeff Squyres > jsquy...@cisco.com > For corporate legal information go to: > http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/ > > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > de...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel
