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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:04:01 -0500
To: Jeff Squyres <jsquyres@XXXXXXXXXX>
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Subject: Re: MPI_Info / MPI_Win / MPI_File
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At 07:04 PM 4/3/00 -0500, Jeff Squyres wrote:
Greetings.

I think that I found an inconsistency in the C++ bindings.  Nothing is
*wrong*, but I think two C++ bindings are inconsistent with each other.
... (clear description of an inconsistent interface)
However, there is no such argument for Info.  The sample code shown above
is both non-intuitive and awkward.  A simple "myinfo.Init()" would be much
nicer.

Comments?

Are you proposing a new method (Init) for MPI::Info?  There doesn't seem to be anything *wrong*, only awkward.  The errata should only be for things that are wrong or unclear; improvements, no matter how small, should be reserved for MPI 2.1 (and I hope that that is a long way off).

Bill