Re: [Boost-users] [proto] using proto with nvcc

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [proto] using proto with nvcc
From: Belcourt, Kenneth (kbelco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-02-08 20:21:26

On Feb 8, 2010, at 6:07 PM, Eric Niebler wrote:

> (Manjunath, please don't top-post. Rearranging things ...)
>
> On 2/9/2010 8:35 AM, Manjunath Kudlur wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Eric Jourdanneau wrote:
>>>
>>> I would like to test proto with nvcc, and when I compile the  
>>> simple Hello
>>> world example of 1.42, I get the following error message:
>>> /usr/include/boost/proto/detail/decltype.hpp:314: error: invalid
>>> use of template-name ‘boost::type’ without an argument list.
>>>
>>> Of course it works with g++
>>> I just don't know what to do, can somebody help me on that point?
>>
>> I am assuming that you are referring to NVIDIA's CUDA compiler, when
>> you say nvcc. I don't know if nvcc has complete C++ compliance/ 
>> support
>> for CUDA programs. You are better off posting this question to one of
>> NVIDIA's forums http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php.
>
> I've never tested proto with nvcc, so I'm not surprised it doesn't  
> work.
> I would need someone familiar with the quirks of this compiler (Troy?)
> to help get proto working with it. And there's no guarantee it's
> possible -- proto requires a fairly compliant compiler.

Boost is not compilable with nvcc.  The CUDA compiler (nvcc) is, in  
essence, a C compiler not C++. You'll need to read the documentation  
but C++ code is compiled by a host compiler (g++, etc...) while nvcc  
is used to compile device (GPU) specific C-like code.

-- Noel