3 The CHARM++ Language

Subsections

3.1 Modules
- 3.1.1 Structure of a CHARM++ Program
- 3.1.2 Functions in the ``decl.h'' and ``def.h'' files
3.2 Entry Methods
- 3.2.1 Entry Method Attributes
3.3 Parameter Marshalling
- 3.3.1 Marshalling User-Defined Structures and Classes
3.4 Messages
- 3.4.1 Message Creation and Deletion
- 3.4.2 Messages with Variable Length Arrays
- 3.4.3 Message Packing
- 3.4.4 Custom Packed Messages
- 3.4.5 Immediate Messages
3.5 Delivery Order
- 3.5.1 Queueing Strategies
- 3.5.2 Prioritized Execution
- 3.5.3 Skipping the Queue
3.6 Chare Objects
- 3.6.1 Chare Creation
- 3.6.2 Method Invocation on Chares
- 3.6.3 Local Access
3.7 Read-only Variables, Messages and Arrays
3.8 Basic Arrays
- 3.8.1 Declaring a 1D Array
- 3.8.2 Creating a Simple Array
- 3.8.3 Messages
- 3.8.4 Broadcasts
- 3.8.5 Reductions on Chare Arrays
- 3.8.6 Destroying Arrays
3.9 Advanced Arrays
- 3.9.1 Declaring Multidimensional, or User-defined Index Arrays
- 3.9.2 Advanced Array Creation
- 3.9.3 Advanced Array Creation: CkArrayOptions
- 3.9.4 Advanced Array Creation: Map Object
- 3.9.5 Advanced Array Creation: Initial Elements
- 3.9.6 Advanced Array Creation: Bound Arrays
- 3.9.7 Advanced Array Creation: Dynamic Insertion
- 3.9.8 Advanced Array Creation: Demand Creation
- 3.9.9 User-defined array index type
- 3.9.10 Migratable Array Elements
- 3.9.11 Load Balancing Chare Arrays
- 3.9.12 Local Access
- 3.9.13 Array Section
3.10 Group Objects
- 3.10.1 Group Creation
- 3.10.2 Method Invocation on Groups
3.11 NodeGroup Objects
- 3.11.1 Method Invocation on NodeGroups
3.12 Load Balancing
- 3.12.1 Measurement-based Object Migration Strategies
- 3.12.2 Available Load Balancing Strategies
- 3.12.3 Load Balancing Chare Arrays
- 3.12.4 Migrating objects
- 3.12.5 Other utility functions
- 3.12.6 Compiler and run-time options to use load balancing module
- 3.12.7 Load Balancing Simulation
- 3.12.8 Future load predictor
- 3.12.9 Seed load balancers - load balancing Chares at creation time
- 3.12.10 Simple Load Balancer Usage Example - Automatic with Sync LB
3.13 Advanced Load Balancing
- 3.13.1 Control CPU Load Statistics
- 3.13.2 Model-based Load Balancing
- 3.13.3 Writing a communication-aware load balancing strategy
- 3.13.4 Adding a load balancer to Charm++
- 3.13.5 Understand Load Balancing Database Data Structure
3.14 Futures
3.15 Quiescence Detection
- 3.15.1 Completion Detection
3.16 Reductions
- 3.16.1 Reduction Clients
- 3.16.2 Typed Reductions
- 3.16.3 Built-in Reduction Types
- 3.16.4 Defining a New Reduction Type
3.17 Callbacks
- 3.17.1 Client Interface
- 3.17.2 Library Interface
3.18 PUP
- 3.18.1 PUP contract
- 3.18.2 Life Cycle
- 3.18.3 Dynamic Allocation
- 3.18.4 Subclass allocation via PUP::able
- 3.18.5 C and Fortran bindings
- 3.18.6 Common PUP::ers
- 3.18.7 PUP::seekBlock
- 3.18.8 Writing a PUP::er
3.19 Terminal I/O
3.20 initnode and initproc routines
3.21 Other Calls
3.22 Delegation
- 3.22.1 Client Interface
- 3.22.2 Manager Interface
3.23 Communication Optimizations Framework
- 3.23.1 Using commlib
- 3.23.2 Loadbalancing and Migration support
- 3.23.3 Compiling User Code
- 3.23.4 Supported Operations and Strategies
- 3.23.5 Many-to-many Strategies
- 3.23.6 Broadcast Strategies
- 3.23.7 Section Multicast Strategies
- 3.23.8 Streaming Strategies
- 3.23.9 Communication Optimization Development
3.24 All-to-All
- 3.24.1 MeshStreamer
3.25 Python scripting language
- 3.25.1 The client side
- 3.25.2 PythonExecute
- 3.25.3 Auto-imported modules
- 3.25.4 Iterate mode
- 3.25.5 PythonPrint
- 3.25.6 PythonFinished
- 3.25.7 The server side
- 3.25.8 Server read and write functions
- 3.25.9 Server iterator functions
- 3.25.10 Server utility functions
- 3.25.11 High level scripting

February 12, 2012
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