On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Ralph Castain <rhc_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> On Oct 31, 2012, at 12:36 PM, Paul Hargrove <phhargrove_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> Ralph,
>
> I don't think I missed the point about the origin of the concern - we just
> have different view points.
>
> Jeff indicated that he previously thought the "odd" practice shown in the
> example was uncommon until he learned is was common in codes at Sandia.
> Perhaps you and I have interpreted the "impact" differently:
> + From your responses I gather you are concerned only (or primarily) w/
> folks at Sandia who work on codes that have the "odd" behavior.
>
>
> Sigh...no, that isn't accurate. I was only trying to say that the concern
> was raised from that corner for those reasons. And I don't think they would
> consider a code that meets standards as being "odd".
>
Sorry if I mischaracterized you view - I chose the phrase "I gather" with
the intent of expressing MY understanding/interpretation of your postings.
I guess I MISunderstood/MISinterpreted.
I chose "odd" for lack of a better term to describe code using a char* for
an array of ints.
I fully agree that the code is standards-compliant - otherwise I'd not care
one iota about warnings or no warnings.
>
>
> + On the other hand, I took the Sandia codes as an "existence proof"
> showing that "really smart people" can still write questionable code at
> times. So, I think there could be a non-trivial number of codes developed
> outside of Sandia that would start generating warnings (possibly MANY of
> them).
>
>
> Could be - but again, not many are likely to be using clang, and so they
> won't be affected by this change.
>
> I will now crawl back under my rock - I honestly couldn't care less about
> this, but was trying to explain the concern voiced on the telecon as that
> person is way too busy for this debate.
>
> [snip - find the full thread in the archives]
> I am crawling back under my rock too, due to a similar lack of true
concern over the outcome.
-Paul [who's only ever used MPI_BYTE]
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