Mechanic 2.x roadmap

2.2.x

New memory allocator

[DONE] Move memory buffers: s->data => s->memory (keep double type and rank 2)
[DONE] Move datatypes: double => generic (map HDF5/MPI/LRC atomic datatypes, keep rank 2)
[DONE] Allow rank > 2 datasets

[DONE] Task board rank > 2
[DONE] Allow usage of storage.attr (automatic storage of attributes for given datasets)

Currently to store attributes we need use DatasetPrepare/Process() hooks, with new attributes interface and memory handling it should be far easier

2.3.x

Setup subsystem updates

[DONE] Save configuration as attributes (for better efficiency) of the task board
[DONE] Restart mode read
[DONE] Remove the Config dataset
[DONE] Remove Option2Int etc. from API, use new MReadOption/MWriteOption macros instead, operating directly on attributes of p->board

[DONE] Mechanic ICE check
Intermediate storage

[DONE] Task states
[DONE] Intermediate checkpoint storage
[DONE] Support for the restart mode
[DONE] Temporary storage with HDF_TEMP_STORAGE

Loadable run modes (such as taskfarm, masteralone, collective etc.)

[DONE] Refactor code headers (public and private)
[DONE] Mode API functions: Master(), Worker()
[DONE] Min CPU option in Init()

2.4.x

(HDF) Named datatypes and datasets
(MPI) Collective communication mode
(MPI) Genetic algorithm mode
(MPI) Consider task dependencies
(CONFIG) Consider switching to yaml specification for configuration and input files
(CONFIG) Configuration sets
(CONFIG) Minimum, maximum config values with error handling