.\"Copyright 2006-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Thinking Machines Corporation
.TH MPI_Add_error_code 3 "Dec 08, 2009" "1.4" "Open MPI"

.SH NAME
\fBMPI_Add_error_code\fP \- Creates a new error code associated
with \fIerrorclass\fP

.SH SYNTAX
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.SH C Syntax
.nf
#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Add_error_code(int \fIerrorclass\fP, int *\fIerrorcode\fP)

.SH Fortran Syntax
.nf
INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_ADD_ERROR_CODE(\fIERRORCLASS, ERRORCODE, IERROR\fP)
	INTEGER \fI ERRORCLASS, ERRORCODE, IERROR\fP

.SH C++ Syntax
.nf
#include <mpi.h>
int MPI::Add_error_code(int \fIerrorclass\fP, int* \fIerrorcode\fP)

.SH INPUT PARAMETER
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.TP 1.4i
errorclass
MPI error class (integer).

.SH OUTPUT PARAMETERS
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.TP 1.4i
errorcode
Error code returned by an MPI routine or an MPI error class (integer).
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.TP 1.4i
IERROR
Fortran only: Error status (integer). 

.SH DESCRIPTION
Creates a new error code associated with \fIerrorclass\fP and returns
its value in \fIerrorcode\fP.

.SH NOTES
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No function is provided to free error codes, as it is not expected
that an application will create them in significant numbers.
.sp
The value returned is always greater than or equal to MPI_ERR_LASTCODE.

.SH ERRORS
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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.
.sp
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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.nf
MPI_Add_error_class
MPI_Error_class