[petsc-dev] OpenMPI && petsc-2.3.3-p15

[Barry Smith]

     Eric,

      Could you describe, preferably with error messages printed by  
compilers etc, why this is necessary? I read the comment in petsc.h


     PETSc does not use the C++ binding of MPI at ALL. The following  
flag
     makes sure the C++ bindings are not included. The C++ bindings  
REQUIRE
     putting mpi.h before ANY C++ include files, we cannot control this
     with all PETSc users.
*/

but could not reproduce the problem (I put C++ include files before  
mpi.h without that flag and everything compiled and ran fine for both  
MPICH and OpenMPI on my Apple).

Do we really need the flags. I have no problem putting in the OpenMPI  
also, but it does mean that PETSc users cannot use the C++ bindings of  
MPI (which some may want to). So I would like to avoid both flags  
unless they are really needed.

    Thanks

     Barry


On Jan 6, 2010, at 8:21 AM, Eric Chamberland wrote:

> Hi,
>
> we have compile petsc-2.3.3-p15 with openMPI 1.3.4.  To have it  
> working
> with our C++ code, I did a "#define OMPI_SKIP_MPICXX".
>
> In petsc.h, this is already done but for MPICH, on line #137:
>
> #define MPICH_SKIP_MPICXX 1
>
> It would be nice to also have a:
>
> #define OMPI_SKIP_MPICXX" 1
>
> But I don't know if it would be necessery also in petsc release 3.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Eric