c Declarations for iothing routines, in fortranese
c
      integer DISK_THING, READ_ONLY_THING, DIRECTIO_THING, TILDONE_THING
      integer NWSTATUS_THING, NO_THING, FOREVER
      parameter (DISK_THING=1, READ_ONLY_THING=4, DIRECTIO_THING=8)
      parameter (TILDONE_THING=-1, NO_THING=0 )
      parameter (FOREVER=-1)

c number of integer*4 words needed to contain a status_thing:
      parameter (NWSTATUS_THING=100)

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, waitForWork_thing, waitForWorkDone_thing
      integer assignWork_thing, getWork_thing, workDone_thing
	  integer getnameof_thing