3.2. MPI-1.0 and MPI-1.1 Clarifications

As experience has been gained since the releases of the 1.0 and 1.1 versions of the MPI Standard, it has become apparent that some specifications were insufficiently clear. In this section we attempt to make clear the intentions of the MPI Forum with regard to the behavior of several MPI-1 functions. An MPI-1-compliant implementation should behave in accordance with the clarifications in this section.