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MPI_Comm_get_errhandler
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:ref:`MPI_Comm_get_errhandler` |mdash| Retrieves error handler associated with a
communicator.

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INPUT PARAMETER
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* ``comm``: Communicator (handle).

OUTPUT PARAMETERS
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* ``errhandler``: New error handler for communicator (handle).
* ``ierror``: Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION
-----------

:ref:`MPI_Comm_get_errhandler` retrieves the error handler currently associated
with a communicator. This call is identical to :ref:`MPI_Errhandler_get`, the
use of which is deprecated.


Returns in errhandler (a handle to) the error handler that is currently
associated with communicator ``comm``.

**Example:** A library function may register at its entry point the
current error handler for a communicator, set its own private error
handler for this communicator, and restore before exiting the previous
error handler.


ERRORS
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.. seealso::
   * :ref:`MPI_Comm_create_errhandler`
   * :ref:`MPI_Comm_set_errhandler`