NAME

       MPI_Type_get_extent - Returns the lower bound and extent of a data type.

SYNTAX

C Syntax

       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_Type_get_extent(MPI_Datatype datatype, MPI_Aint *lb,
            MPI_Aint *extent)

Fortran Syntax (see FORTRAN 77 NOTES)

       INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       MPI_TYPE_GET_EXTENT(DATATYPE, LB, EXTENT, IERROR)
            INTEGER   DATATYPE, IERROR
            INTEGER(KIND=MPI_ADDRESS_KIND) LB, EXTENT

C++ Syntax

       #include <mpi.h>
       void MPI::Datatype::Get_extent(MPI::Aint& lb, MPI::Aint& extent)
            const

INPUT PARAMETER

       datatype  Data type (handle).

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       lb        Lower bound of data type (integer).

       extent    Data type extent (integer).

       IERROR    Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION

       MPI_Type_get_extent returns the lower bound and the extent of datatype.

NOTE

       Use  of  MPI_Type_get_extent  is  strongly  recommended  over the old MPI-1 functions MPI_Type_extent and
       MPI_Type_lb.

FORTRAN 77 NOTES

       The MPI standard prescribes portable Fortran syntax for the LB and EXTENT arguments only for Fortran  90.
       FORTRAN 77 users may use the non-portable syntax

            INTEGER*MPI_ADDRESS_KIND LB
       or
            INTEGER*MPI_ADDRESS_KIND EXTENT

       where  MPI_ADDRESS_KIND  is  a constant defined in mpif.h and gives the length of the declared integer in
       bytes.

ERRORS

       Almost all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as  the  value  of  the  function  and  Fortran
       routines in the last argument. C++ functions do not return errors. If the default error handler is set to
       MPI::ERRORS_THROW_EXCEPTIONS,  then  on  error  the  C++  exception  mechanism  will  be used to throw an
       MPI:Exception object.

       Before the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler  is  called.  By  default,  this  error
       handler  aborts  the  MPI  job,  except  for  I/O  function errors. The error handler may be changed with
       MPI_Comm_set_errhandler; the predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error values
       to be returned. Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.

1.6.5                                             Jun 26, 2013                            MPI_Type_get_extent(3)