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.\"Copyright 2006-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Thinking Machines Corporation
.TH MPI_Type_lb 3 "Dec 08, 2009" "1.4" "Open MPI"
.SH NAME
\fBMPI_Type_lb\fP \- Returns the lower bound of a data type. This may differ from zero if the type was constructed using MPI_LB. Use of this routine is deprecated.

.SH SYNTAX
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.SH C Syntax
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#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Type_lb(MPI_Datatype \fIdatatype\fP, MPI_Aint\fI *displacement\fP)

.SH Fortran Syntax
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INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_TYPE_LB(\fIDATATYPE, DISPLACEMENT, IERROR\fP)
        INTEGER \fIDATATYPE, DISPLACEMENT, IERROR\fP 


.SH INPUT PARAMETER
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.TP 1i
datatype     
Datatype (handle).
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.SH OUTPUT PARAMETERS
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.TP 1i
displacement      
Displacement of lower bound from origin, in bytes (integer).
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.TP 1i
IERROR
Fortran only: Error status (integer). 

.SH DESCRIPTION
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Note that use of this routine is \fIdeprecated\fP as of MPI-2. Please use MPI_Type_get_extent instead. 
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This deprecated routine is not available in C++. 
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MPI_Type_lb returns the lower bound of a data type. 
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The "pseudo-datatypes," MPI_LB and MPI_UB, can be used, respectively, to mark the lower bound (or the upper bound) of a datatype. These pseudo-datatypes occupy no space (extent (MPI_LB) = extent (MPI_UB) =0. They do not affect the size or count of a datatype, and do not affect the context of a message created with this datatype. However, they do affect the definition of the extent of a datatype and, therefore, affect the outcome of a replication of this datatype by a datatype constructor.
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In general, if
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    Typemap = {(type0, disp0), ..., (type(n-1), disp(n-1)}
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then the lower bound of Typemap is defined to be 
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                  (min(j) disp(j)                          if no entry has
    lb(Typemap) = (                                        basic type lb
                  (min(j) {disp(j) such that type(j) = lb} otherwise

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Similarly, the upper bound of Typemap is defined to be
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                  (max(j) disp(j) + sizeof((type(j)) + e   if no entry has
    ub(Typemap) = (                                        basic type ub
                  (max(j) {disp(j) such that type(j) = ub} otherwise

Then 

    extent(Typemap) = ub(Typemap) - lb(Typemap)
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If type(i) requires alignment to a byte address that is a multiple of k(i),
then e is the least nonnegative increment needed to round extent(Typemap) to the next multiple of max(i) k(i). 

.SH ERRORS
Almost all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument. C++ functions do not return errors. If the default error handler is set to MPI::ERRORS_THROW_EXCEPTIONS, then on error the C++ exception mechanism will be used to throw an MPI:Exception object.
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Before the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler is
called. By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job, except for I/O function errors. The error handler may be changed with MPI_Comm_set_errhandler; the predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error values to be returned. Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.  

.SH SEE ALSO
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MPI_Type_get_extent
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