send_character Subroutine

  subroutine send_character (s, dest, tag)
    implicit none
    character(*), intent (in) :: s
    integer, intent (in) :: dest
    integer, intent (in), optional :: tag
# ifdef MPI
    integer :: ierror
    integer :: tagp
    tagp = 0
    if (present(tag)) tagp = tag
!$OMP MASTER
    call time_message(.false., time_mp_ptp, ' MPI Point-to-point')
!$OMP END MASTER
    call mpi_send &
         (s, len(s), MPI_CHARACTER, dest, tagp, mp_comm, ierror)
!$OMP MASTER
    call time_message(.false., time_mp_ptp, ' MPI Point-to-point')
!$OMP END MASTER
# else
    UNUSED_DUMMY(dest) ; UNUSED_DUMMY(tag); UNUSED_DUMMY(s)
# endif
  end subroutine send_character