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# PetscSFWindowFlavorType
Flavor for the creation of MPI windows for `PETSCSFWINDOW` 
## Synopsis
```
typedef enum {
  PETSCSF_WINDOW_FLAVOR_CREATE,
  PETSCSF_WINDOW_FLAVOR_DYNAMIC,
  PETSCSF_WINDOW_FLAVOR_ALLOCATE,
  PETSCSF_WINDOW_FLAVOR_SHARED
} PetscSFWindowFlavorType;
```

## Values

- ***`PETSCSF_WINDOW_FLAVOR_CREATE` -*** Use `MPI_Win_create()`, no reuse
- ***`PETSCSF_WINDOW_FLAVOR_DYNAMIC` -*** Use `MPI_Win_create_dynamic()` and dynamically attach pointers
- ***`PETSCSF_WINDOW_FLAVOR_ALLOCATE` -*** Use `MPI_Win_allocate()`
- ***`PETSCSF_WINDOW_FLAVOR_SHARED` -*** Use `MPI_Win_allocate_shared()`





## See Also
 `PetscSF`, `PetscSFWindowSetFlavorType()`, `PetscSFWindowGetFlavorType()`

## Level
advanced

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/include/petscsf.h.html#PetscSFWindowFlavorType">include/petscsf.h</A>


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