itaps-parallel push-and-forget?

[Carl Ollivier-Gooch]

Tim Tautges wrote:
> Hi all,
>   Several functions are currently labeled as "push-and-forget".  Does 
> that mean we assume one-sided communication and processing, or that the 
> implementation has some mechanism for polling during unrelated function 
> calls?  What if the application doesn't call any iMeshP functions 
> besides one of this type?

My assumption is that if an app is calling one or more push-and-forget 
functions, that it also has to call a polling function to catch data 
that might have been pushed at it.  This is obviously different from the 
non-blocking send / blocking receive pair that solver apps typically 
use, but meshing apps can't always organize their communication this way 
(at least, it's not the most natural way to do it).

Carl

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