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MPI_Comm_f2c(3OpenMPI)													    MPI_Comm_f2c(3OpenMPI)

NAME
       MPI_Comm_f2c,   MPI_Comm_c2f,   MPI_File_f2c,   MPI_File_c2f,   MPI_Info_f2c,   MPI_Info_c2f,   MPI_Op_f2c,   MPI_Op_c2f,  MPI_Request_f2c,
       MPI_Request_c2f, MPI_Type_f2c, MPI_Type_c2f, MPI_Win_f2c, MPI_Win_c2f  - Translates a C handle into a Fortran handle, or vice versa.

SYNTAX
C Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       MPI_Comm MPI_Comm_f2c(MPI_Fint comm)
       MPI_Fint MPI_Comm_c2f(MPI_Comm comm)

       MPI_File MPI_File_f2c(MPI_Fint file)
       MPI_Fint MPI_File_c2f(MPI_File file)

       MPI_Group MPI_Group_f2c(MPI Fint group)
       MPI_Fint MPI_Group_c2f(MPI Group group)

       MPI_Info MPI_Info_f2c(MPI_Fint info)
       MPI_Fint MPI_Info_c2f(MPI_Info info)

       MPI_Op MPI_Op_f2c(MPI_Fint op)
       MPI_Fint MPI_Op_c2f(MPI_Op op)

       MPI_Request MPI_Request_f2c(MPI_Fint request)
       MPI_Fint MPI_Request_c2f(MPI_Request request)

       MPI_Datatype MPI_Type_f2c(MPI_Fint datatype)
       MPI_Fint MPI_Type_c2f(MPI_Datatype datatype)

       MPI_Win MPI_Win_f2c(MPI_Fint win)
       MPI_Fint MPI_Win_c2f(MPI_Win win)

DESCRIPTION
       Handles are passed between Fortran and C or C++ by using an explicit C wrapper to convert Fortran handles to C handles. There is no  direct
       access  to  C or C++ handles in Fortran. Handles are passed between C and C++ using overloaded C++ operators called from C++ code. There is
       no direct access to C++ objects from C. The type definition MPI_Fint is provided in C/C++ for an integer of the size that matches a Fortran
       INTEGER;  usually,  MPI_Fint will be equivalent to int. The handle translation functions are provided in C to convert from a Fortran handle
       (which is an integer) to a C handle, and vice versa.

       For example, if comm is a valid Fortran handle to a communicator, then MPI_Comm_f2c returns a valid C handle to that same communicator;	if
       comm  =	MPI_COMM_NULL  (Fortran value), then MPI_Comm_f2c returns a null C handle; if comm is an invalid Fortran handle, then MPI_Comm_f2c
       returns an invalid C handle.

NOTE
       This function does not return an error value. Consequently, the result of calling it before MPI_Init or after MPI_Finalize is undefined.

Open MPI 1.2							  September 2006					    MPI_Comm_f2c(3OpenMPI)