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MPI_Pack_external_size

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Returns the upper bound on the amount of space needed to pack a message using MPI_Pack_external. 
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Synopsis

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int MPI_Pack_external_size(const char datarep[],
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                           int incount, MPI_Datatype datatype, MPI_Aint * size)
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Input Parameters

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datarep
data representation (string)
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incount
number of input data items (integer)
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datatype
datatype of each input data item (handle)
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Output Parameters

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size
output buffer size, in bytes (address integer)
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Thread and Interrupt Safety

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

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All MPI routines in Fortran (except for <tt>MPI_WTIME</tt> and <tt>MPI_WTICK</tt>) have
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an additional argument <tt>ierr</tt> at the end of the argument list.  <tt>ierr
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</tt>is an integer and has the same meaning as the return value of the routine
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in C.  In Fortran, MPI routines are subroutines, and are invoked with the
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<tt>call</tt> statement.
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All MPI objects (e.g., <tt>MPI_Datatype</tt>, <tt>MPI_Comm</tt>) are of type <tt>INTEGER
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</tt>in Fortran.
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Errors

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All MPI routines (except <tt>MPI_Wtime</tt> and <tt>MPI_Wtick</tt>) return an error value;
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C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in the last
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argument.  Before the value is returned, the current MPI error handler is
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called.  By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job.  The error handler
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may be changed with <tt>MPI_Comm_set_errhandler</tt> (for communicators),
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<tt>MPI_File_set_errhandler</tt> (for files), and <tt>MPI_Win_set_errhandler</tt> (for
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RMA windows).  The MPI-1 routine <tt>MPI_Errhandler_set</tt> may be used but
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its use is deprecated.  The predefined error handler
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<tt>MPI_ERRORS_RETURN</tt> may be used to cause error values to be returned.
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Note that MPI does not guarentee that an MPI program can continue past
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an error; however, MPI implementations will attempt to continue whenever
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possible.
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MPI_SUCCESS
No error; MPI routine completed successfully.
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MPI_ERR_TYPE
Invalid datatype argument. Additionally, this error can
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occur if an uncommitted MPI_Datatype (see <tt>MPI_Type_commit</tt>) is used
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in a communication call.
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MPI_ERR_ARG
Invalid argument. Some argument is invalid and is not
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identified by a specific error class (e.g., <tt>MPI_ERR_RANK</tt>).
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