User-Defined Datatypes and Packing

• Introduction
• Introduction to User-Defined Datatypes
• Datatype Constructors
  • Contiguous
  • Vector
  • Hvector
  • Indexed
  • Hindexed
  • Struct
• Use of Derived Datatypes
  • Commit
  • Deallocation
  • Relation to count
  • Type Matching
  • Message Length
• Address Function
• Lower-bound and Upper-bound Markers
• Absolute Addresses
• Pack and Unpack
  • Derived Datatypes vs Pack/Unpack