num_nodes should work as an argument in config_batch.xml

[jgfouca]

{{ num_nodes }} works when used in a directive, but not as an argument.

<directive                       > -nnodes {{ num_nodes }} </directive>

^ Works

<arg flag="-n" name="{{ num_nodes }}"/> # $NUM_NODES also does not work

^ Broken

I'm not sure why we'd support syntax and parameters for directives but not arguments.

[jedwards4b]

Where is this located? In config_machines I see things like: -c {{ srun_binding }} that work fine. Why is the syntax of <submit_args> in config_batch.xml like it is? It seems like it would be better if it used the same syntax as config_machines.xml (I think that because name is an attribute and not a text section it is not parsed.)

[jgfouca]

@jedwards4b , this is something I tried to do in config_batch.xml and it was much harder than I expected.

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[ekluzek]

This was closed by the Stale-bot, but looks like we don't want it closed, so reopening.

[jgfouca]

@ekluzek , yes, we still want this.

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