From: Erez Haba Date: January 23, 2008 11:17:32 AM CST To: "mpi-21@mpi-forum.org" Subject: RE: [mpi-21] Proposal EH2 & MPI_INPLACE Reply-To: mpi-21@XXXXXXXXXXXXX Using the send buffer pointer? Can you give an example? -----Original Message----- From: owner-mpi-21@XXXXXXXXXXXXX On Behalf Of Hubert Ritzdorf Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:13 AM To: mpi-21@XXXXXXXXXXXXX Subject: Re: [mpi-21] Proposal EH2 & MPI_INPLACE Hi Erez Haba wrote: > > P.S. updating the send buffer? This is a no-no, there must be some > mistake. > > updating the send buffer (as C object) is allowed when using derived data types with holes. This is not a mistake, this is a MPI feature. Hubert