[mpich-devel] ABI Compatibility Initiative

Balaji, Pavan balaji at anl.gov
Mon Feb 8 13:18:15 CST 2016


Thank you, Andrey.  The const change in MPI_Address and friends should not affect ABI.  In general, const changes are only related to the compiler and should not affect ABI.  Are you seeing any failures?

  -- Pavan

> On Feb 8, 2016, at 7:42 AM, Ponomarenko Andrey <andrewponomarenko at yandex.ru> wrote:
> 
> The report has been updated: http://abi-laboratory.pro/tracker/timeline/mpich/
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 08.02.2016, 03:14, "Balaji, Pavan" <balaji at anl.gov>:
>> Andrey,
>> 
>>>  On Feb 7, 2016, at 3:06 PM, Ponomarenko Andrey <andrewponomarenko at yandex.ru> wrote:
>>>  Could you please clarify whether MPIX_* functions are public/documented? Whether they can be used in applications?
>> 
>> No, they are not documented and must not be used by end users. They are only meant for developers testing things out, or friendly users who are trying out things before we propose them to the MPI standard.
>> 
>>>  I will prepare and upload corrected version of the report tomorrow.
>> 
>> Thank you.
>> 
>>   -- Pavan
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