Re: [PATCH] kill POOMA_REORDER_ITERATES

[Jeffrey D. Oldham]

Richard Guenther wrote:

> This patch kills POOMA_REORDER_ITERATES, i.e. assumes it is always set.
> It was used inconsistently before anyways and the stub scheduler doesn't
> reorder iterates anyway and the SerialAsync does so anyway.  So this
> reduces source code complexity.
>
> Not tested, but looks obvious.  Ok?
>
> Richard.
>
>
> 2004Aug16  Richard Guenther <address@hidden>
>
>         * configure: remove traces of POOMA_REORDER_ITERATES.
>         src/Evaluator/Evaluator.h: likewise.
>         src/Evaluator/MultiArgEvaluator.h: likewise.
>         src/Evaluator/Reduction.h: likewise.
>         src/Pooma/Pooma.cmpl.cpp: likewise.
>         src/Tulip/SendReceive.h: likewise.
>  
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ===== r2/src/Pooma/Pooma.cmpl.cpp 1.3 vs edited =====
> --- 1.3/r2/src/Pooma/Pooma.cmpl.cpp     2004-01-17 16:20:23 +01:00
> +++ edited/r2/src/Pooma/Pooma.cmpl.cpp  2004-08-16 16:47:24 +02:00
> @@ -803,10 +803,6 @@
>     SystemContext_t::runSomething();
>   }
>
> -# elif POOMA_REORDER_ITERATES
> -
> -  CTAssert(NO_SUPPORT_FOR_THREADS_WITH_MESSAGING);
> -
> # else // we're using the serial scheduler, so we only need to get messages
>
>   while (Pooma::incomingMessages())
>  
This change worries me.  Doesn't this change the code's meaning?

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Jeffrey D. Oldham
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