Re: [OMPI devel] MPI_GROUP_EMPTY and MPI_Group_free()

2007-12-04 Thread Jeff Squyres
On Dec 4, 2007, at 10:43 AM, Lisandro Dalcin wrote: * MPI_GROUP_EMPTY cannot be freed, as it is a predefined handle. Users have to always check if the result of a group operation is MPI_GROUP_EMPTY to know if they can or cannot free them. This way is similar to the current management of predefin

[OMPI devel] MPI_GROUP_EMPTY and MPI_Group_free()

2007-12-04 Thread Lisandro Dalcin
Dear all, As I see some activity on a related ticked, below some comments I sended to Bill Gropp some days ago about this subject. Bill did not write me back, I know he is really busy. Group operations are supposed to return new groups, so the used has to free the result. Additionally, the standa