[mpich-discuss] How does the fortran binding work?

[Dave Goodell]

Hi Andrew,

Yes, the fortran and c++ bindings are just wrappers over the C  
bindings.  The C binding implements the functionality directly.

-Dave

On Jul 30, 2008, at 6:11 AM, Ruini Xue wrote:

> Hello, everyone,
>
> I am working with MPICH2 on Windows platfrom. The fortran MIP  
> application is linked to fmpich.lib, and fmpich2.dll is loaded in  
> runtime, which in turn loads mipch2mpi.dll.
> mpich2mpi.dll contains all MPI APIs which exported C interface.  
> What I want to know is: what is the 'underlying' relation between  
> fmpich2.dll and mpich2mip.dll? Do all
> Fortran MPI calls are converted to c bindings in mpich2mpi.dll? For  
> example, does MPI_BCAST() in fmich2.dll directly calls MPI_Bcast()  
> in mpich2mpi.dll? Is MPI_BCAST()  just a stub while MPI_Bcast() do  
> the real job?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew