NAME

       MPI_Type_hindexed -  Creates an indexed datatype with offsets in bytes

SYNOPSIS

       int MPI_Type_hindexed(int count,
                            int *array_of_blocklengths,
                            MPI_Aint *array_of_displacements,
                            MPI_Datatype oldtype,
                            MPI_Datatype *newtype)

INPUT PARAMETERS

       count  -  number  of  blocks  --  also  number  of  entries  in array_of_displacements and
              array_of_blocklengths
       array_of_blocklengths
              - number of elements in each block (array of nonnegative integers)
       array_of_displacements
              - byte displacement of each block (array of MPI_Aint)
       oldtype
              - old datatype (handle)

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       newtype
              - new datatype (handle)

DEPRECATED FUNCTION

       The MPI-2 standard deprecated a number of routines because MPI-2 provides better versions.
       This  routine  is  one of those that was deprecated.  The routine may continue to be used,
       but  new  code  should  use  the  replacement  routine.   This  routine  is  replaced   by
       MPI_Type_create_hindexed .

THREAD AND INTERRUPT SAFETY

       This  routine is thread-safe.  This means that this routine may be safely used by multiple
       threads without the need for any user-provided thread locks.  However, the routine is  not
       interrupt  safe.   Typically, this is due to the use of memory allocation routines such as
       malloc or other non-MPICH runtime routines that are themselves not interrupt-safe.

NOTES FOR FORTRAN

       All MPI routines in Fortran (except for MPI_WTIME  and  MPI_WTICK  )  have  an  additional
       argument  ierr  at  the  end  of  the  argument list.  ierr is an integer and has the same
       meaning as the  return  value  of  the  routine  in  C.   In  Fortran,  MPI  routines  are
       subroutines, and are invoked with the call statement.

       All MPI objects (e.g., MPI_Datatype , MPI_Comm ) are of type INTEGER in Fortran.

       The  array_of_displacements  are  displacements, and are based on a zero origin.  A common
       error is to do something like to following
       integer a(100)
       integer array_of_blocklengths(10), array_of_displacements(10)
       do i=1,10
       array_of_blocklengths(i)   = 1
       10       array_of_displacements(i) = (1 + (i-1)*10) * sizeofint
       call MPI_TYPE_HINDEXED(10,array_of_blocklengths,array_of_displacements,MPI_INTEGER,newtype,ierr)
       call MPI_TYPE_COMMIT(newtype,ierr)
       call MPI_SEND(a,1,newtype,...)

       expecting this to send "a(1),a(11),..." because  the  array_of_displacements  have  values
       "1,11,...".   Because these are displacements from the beginning of "a", it actually sends
       "a(1+1),a(1+11),...".

       If you wish to consider the displacements as array_of_displacements into a Fortran  array,
       consider declaring the Fortran array with a zero origin
       integer a(0:99)

ERRORS

       All  MPI  routines  (except MPI_Wtime and MPI_Wtick ) return an error value; C routines as
       the value of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument.  Before the value  is
       returned,  the current MPI error handler is called.  By default, this error handler aborts
       the MPI  job.   The  error  handler  may  be  changed  with  MPI_Comm_set_errhandler  (for
       communicators),  MPI_File_set_errhandler  (for files), and MPI_Win_set_errhandler (for RMA
       windows).  The MPI-1 routine MPI_Errhandler_set may be used but  its  use  is  deprecated.
       The  predefined  error  handler  MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error values to be
       returned.  Note that MPI does not guarentee that an  MPI  program  can  continue  past  an
       error; however, MPI implementations will attempt to continue whenever possible.

       MPI_SUCCESS
              - No error; MPI routine completed successfully.
       MPI_ERR_TYPE
              -  Invalid datatype argument.  Additionally, this error can occur if an uncommitted
              MPI_Datatype (see MPI_Type_commit ) is used in a communication call.
       MPI_ERR_COUNT
              - Invalid count argument.  Count arguments must be non-negative; a count of zero is
              often valid.
       MPI_ERR_INTERN
              -  This  error  is returned when some part of the MPICH implementation is unable to
              acquire memory.
       MPI_ERR_ARG
              - Invalid argument.  Some argument is invalid and is not identified by  a  specific
              error class (e.g., MPI_ERR_RANK ).

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