To: William Gropp <gropp@XXXXXXXXXXX>
cc: Jeremy Siek <jsiek@XXXXXXXXXX>,mpi-bind@XXXXXXXXXXX,mpi-core@XXXXXXXXXXX,Subject: Re: C++ MPI constants 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 29 Apr 1999 16:05:54 CDT."
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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 14:16:58 -0700
From: Bill Nitzberg <nitzberg@XXXXXXXXXXXX>
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Given the choice, I'd have to agree with Bill.  So, why
can't we do this...

- bill

In message <4.1.19990429155821.00c39940@localhost> William Gropp writes
> At 09:28 AM 4/29/99 -0500, jeremy siek wrote:
> >
> >Michael Holzheu has brought to our attention a name conflict between
> >some macros in stdio.h (SEEK_SET, etc.) and the C++ MPI constants.
> >
> >He proposes two solutions. 
> >1. Change all the C++ constants to lowercase, which would be more in
> > conformance with the style of the C++ standard libraries.
> >
> >2. Change just the offending constants by adding a "CPP_" prefix.
> >
> >Andrew Lumsdaine and I suggest that alternative #1 is the better choice.
> 
> That's because #2 is so awful.  Here's a more reasonable alternative
> 
> 3. Change just the offending constants by adding an "MPI_" prefix.  Of
> course, this makes the constants the same as the C versions, which doesn't
> seem so bad.  That really makes the choices these:
> 
> 1. Change to lowercase.
> 
> 4. Remove them and use the respective C versions (MPI_SEEK_SET etc.)
> 
> I'd prefer 4 slightly over 1.
> 
> Bill