NAME

       MPI_Pack_external -  Packs a datatype into contiguous memory, using the external32 format

SYNOPSIS

       int MPI_Pack_external(const char datarep[],
                            const void *inbuf,
                            int incount,
                            MPI_Datatype datatype,
                            void *outbuf,
                            MPI_Aint outsize,
                            MPI_Aint *position)

INPUT PARAMETERS

       datarep
              - data representation (string)
       inbuf  - input buffer start (choice)
       incount
              - number of input data items (integer)
       datatype
              - datatype of each input data item (handle)
       outsize
              - output buffer size, in bytes (address integer)

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       outbuf - output buffer start (choice)

INPUT/OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       position
              - current position in buffer, in bytes (address integer)

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.

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.    May   be  an  uncommitted  MPI_Datatype  (see
              MPI_Type_commit ).
       MPI_ERR_ARG
              - Invalid argument.  Some argument is invalid and is not identified by  a  specific
              error class (e.g., MPI_ERR_RANK ).
       MPI_ERR_COUNT
              - Invalid count argument.  Count arguments must be non-negative; a count of zero is
              often valid.

LOCATION

       src/mpi/datatype/pack_external.c

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