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MPI_Type_get_true_extent(3OpenMPI)										MPI_Type_get_true_extent(3OpenMPI)

NAME
       MPI_Type_get_true_extent - Returns the true lower bound and extent of a data type's corresponding typemap, ignoring MPI_UB and MPI_LB mark-
       ers.

SYNTAX
C Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_Type_get_true_extent(MPI_Datatype datatype,
	    MPI_Aint *true_lb, MPI_Aint *true_extent)

Fortran Syntax (see FORTRAN 77 NOTES)
       INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       MPI_TYPE_GET_TRUE_EXTENT(DATATYPE, TRUE_LB, TRUE_EXTENT, IERROR)
	    INTEGER   DATATYPE, IERROR
	    INTEGER(KIND=MPI_ADDRESS_KIND) TRUE_LB, TRUE_EXTENT

C++ Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       void MPI::Datatype::Get_true_extent(MPI::Aint& true_lb,
	    MPI::Aint& true_extent) const

INPUT PARAMETER
       datatype  Data type for which information is wanted (handle).

OUTPUT PARAMETERS
       true_lb	 True lower bound of data type (integer).

       true_extent
		 True size of data type (integer).

       IERROR	 Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION
       The true_lb parameter returns the offset of the lowest unit of store that is addressed by the data type, that is, the lower  bound  of  the
       corresponding  typemap,	ignoring  MPI_LB markers. The true_extent parameter returns the true size of the data type, that is, the extent of
       the corresponding typemap, ignoring MPI_LB and MPI_UB markers, and performing no rounding for alignment.

       The true_extent is the minimum number of bytes of memory necessary to hold a data type, uncompressed.

       See Section 4.14.3 of the MPI-2 standard for more detailed definitions of these parameters in relation to the typemap.

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

	    INTEGER*MPI_ADDRESS_KIND TRUE_LB
       or
	    INTEGER*MPI_ADDRESS_KIND TRUE_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++ func-
       tions 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.

Open MPI 1.2							  September 2006				MPI_Type_get_true_extent(3OpenMPI)