[mpich-discuss] function declaration conflicts in mpicxx.h

[Jeff Squyres]

On Jan 25, 2010, at 2:32 PM, Dave Goodell wrote:

> I can't remember off the top of my head if this is required behavior 
> according to the MPI Standard, but it looks like OpenMPI does the same 
> thing.

MPI requires that "mpi.h" work in both C and C++ contexts.

But I can definitely see that

extern "C" {
#include "mpi.h"
} 

would be problematic if compiled by a C++ compiler.

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Jeff Squyres
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