Re: [boost] [compute] review

Subject: Re: [boost] [compute] review
From: Gruenke,Matt (mgruenke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-12-28 19:19:57

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From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Andrey Semashev
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 18:44
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Subject: Re: [boost] [compute] review

> On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 1:31 AM, John Bytheway <jbytheway+boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> The trailing underscore syntax is typically used when a library construct has
> semantics very similar to a language component which uses a keyword.
> I.e. mpl::if_ is similar to the language if, and mpl::int_ to the language int,
> except that mpl tools operate at compile time. In this case, I think, the
> semantics is sufficiently different (vector types instead of scalar), which
> should warrant for a distinct and descriptive names.

I appreciate what I assume Kyle was trying to do.  These correspond 1:1 to the types used in OpenCL kernels, so I think he wanted the Boost.Compute typedefs to be as similar as possible.

I think this approach is justified, as their meaning will be obvious to anyone familiar with OpenCL.  I only meant to raise the question of how they were mangled.

Matt

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