MPI_Pack_size
Returns the upper bound on the amount of space needed to pack a message 
Synopsis
#include "mpi.h"
int MPI_Pack_size ( incount, datatype, comm, size )
int           incount;
MPI_Datatype  datatype;
MPI_Comm      comm;
int          *size;
Input Parameters
|  | incount | count argument to packing call (integer) 
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|  | datatype | datatype argument to packing call (handle) 
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|  | comm | communicator argument to packing call (handle) 
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Output Parameter
- size  
-  upper bound on size of packed message, in bytes (integer) 
Notes
The MPI standard document describes this in terms of MPI_Pack, but 
itapplies to both MPI_Pack and MPI_Unpack.  That is, the value size 
isthe maximum that is needed by either MPI_Pack or MPI_Unpack.
Notes for Fortran
All MPI routines in Fortran (except for MPI_WTIME and MPI_WTICK) 
havean additional argument ierr at the end of the argument list.  
ierris an integer and has the same meaning as the return value of the 
routinein C.  In Fortran, MPI routines are subroutines, and are invoked with 
thecall statement.
All MPI objects (e.g., MPI_Datatype, MPI_Comm) are of type 
INTEGERin Fortran.
Errors
All MPI routines (except MPI_Wtime and MPI_Wtick) return an error value;
C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in the 
lastargument.  Before the value is returned, the current MPI error handler 
iscalled.  By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job.  The error 
handlermay be changed with MPI_Errhandler_set; the predefined error 
handlerMPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error values to be returned.
Note that MPI does not guarentee that an MPI program can continue 
pastan error.
- MPI_SUCCESS  
-  No error; MPI routine completed successfully.
- MPI_ERR_COMM  
-  Invalid communicator.  A common error is to use a null
communicator in a call (not even allowed in MPI_Comm_rank).
- MPI_ERR_TYPE  
-  Invalid datatype argument.  May be an uncommitted 
MPI_Datatype (see MPI_Type_commit).
- MPI_ERR_ARG  
-  Invalid argument.  Some argument is invalid and is not
identified by a specific error class (e.g., MPI_ERR_RANK).
Location:pack_size.c