Re: [Boost-mpi] scatterv

Subject: Re: [Boost-mpi] scatterv
From: MM (finjulhich_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-07-08 15:09:49

I couldn't quite find where to fix the docs:

boost-doc/doc/html/boost/mpi/scatterv.html

under https://github.com/boostorg/mpi/

the Description part.

Thanks,

MM

On 4 July 2016 at 21:23, Julio Hoffimann Mendes <juliohm_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Yes, the serialization is performed for non MPI types. Hope someone can fix
> the documentation if it is indeed incorrect, I barely had time to read it.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> -Júlio
>
> ________________________________
> From: MM <finjulhich_at_[hidden]>
> Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2016 7:41:01 AM
> To: Julio Hoffimann Mendes
> Cc: boost-mpi_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: scatterv
>
> On 2 July 2016 at 14:34, Julio Hoffimann Mendes <juliohm_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> I didn't write the documentation that you're reading, just the code.
>> Please open an issue on the Boost website if you think the documentation is
>> inaccurate. Thank you for catching it. For your question regarding the API,
>> Boost.MPI is just a wrapper over the C API, if you know what the C API does
>> and you are familiar with it, just pass the "same arguments" to the C++
>> version.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> -Júlio
>>
> Thank you
>
> boost::mpi::scatterv is just a wrapper around MPI_Scatterv only if the
> type being sent is a MPI_Data_Type.
> Otherwise, boost::mpi implements the function with actual sends directly
> AFAIK.
> In any case, the logical behavior would be the same in both cases.
>
> Thanks