c Declarations for iothing routines, in fortranese
c
      integer DISK_THING, READ_ONLY_THING, DIRECTIO_THING
      integer NWSTATUS_THING
      parameter (DISK_THING=1, READ_ONLY_THING=4, DIRECTIO_THING=8)
c number of integer*4 words needed to contain a status_thing:
      parameter (NWSTATUS_THING=80)

c all but 'error_thing' return an error code
      integer start_thing, stop_thing, getId_thing, getNodeCount_thing
      integer create_thing, destroy_thing, read_thing, write_thing
      integer wait_thing, waitForWorker_thing, assignWork_thing
      integer getWork_thing, workDone_thing