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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 15:59:54 -0500
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From: William Gropp <gropp@XXXXXXXXXXX>
Subject: MPI_LONG_LONG vs MPI_LONG_LONG_INT
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The Standard (1 and 2) uses MPI_LONG_LONG_INT.  A clarification in MPI-2
makes it clear that the corresponding C type for MPI_LONG_LONG_INT is "long
long".  The Complete Reference, 2nd edition, mentions an MPI_LONG_LONG but
no MPI_LONG_LONG_INT.  
MPI_LONG_LONG occurs in the I/O chapter of MPI-2 when discussing the
external32 format.

This looks like an editing error.  Since MPI_LONG_LONG_INT is in MPI-1, we
need to keep it.  The options for MPI_LONG_LONG are:

1) allow it as a synonym for MPI_LONG_LONG_INT
2) indicate that it is a typo, and MPI_LONG_LONG_INT should be used instead.

I'm in favor of 1.  

Bill