[Trilinos-Users] linking debug on Windows

[Matthew Koch]

The exact compiler error message is:

C:\trilinos-10.2.1-Source-serial-bin\include\Teuchos_RCPDecl.hpp(934): error: expected a type specifier
	void free( T* ptr ) { }
  	     ^

On 6/15/2010 7:58 PM, David Cole wrote:
> What's the exact compiler error message (copy / paste in a reply) ... ?
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Matthew Koch <mkoch at txcorp.com
> <mailto:mkoch at txcorp.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 6/15/2010 4:03 PM, Bartlett, Roscoe A wrote:
>      > Matthew,
>      >
>      > We have no testing for a situation like this.
>      >
>      > Are you using shared libraries or static libraries?  Only limited
>     Trilinos code is being tested with shared libraries and there is no
>     testing for mixing MSVC++ and Intel on Windows.
>
>     We are using the static libraries.
>      >
>      > What does the compiler documentation say about this?  I tried to
>     look online to see if this issue is addressed and I can't find anything.
>
>     My google queries have also been less than fruitful and the compiler
>     documentation doesn't really
>     elaborate on this error in particular.
>      >
>      > I am not sure what I would suggest.  We don't have the setup to
>     experiment with this platform and mixing MSVC++ and Intel compiled
>     code on Windows.  Can you experiment some with this?
>
>     I have done quite a bit of experimentation already.  As far as I can
>     tell, this is less of a problem
>     with mixing the compilers, and more a configuration issue.  I've
>     reached that conclusion based on
>     being able to compile the Teuchos code with the Intel compiler and
>     still not being able to link it
>     into the external project as I get the same errors in
>     Teuchos_RCPDecl.hpp.  Thus, my guess is there
>     is something missing in the external project's configuration (either
>     compiler flags or preprocessor
>     definitions) when building debug. But then again, I could be totally
>     misinterpreting what's going on
>     in the hpp file as I am not familiar with this code.
>      >
>      > If you can find a simple portable solution to this problem we
>     might be able to incorporate the fix into the code base.
>
>     Of course, I will share a solution if I can find one, but at this
>     point I'm pretty much at a total
>     loss as to what to try next.
>
>     --Matt
>
>      >
>      > Thanks,
>      >
>      > - Ross
>      >
>      >
>      >> -----Original Message-----
>      >> From: trilinos-users-bounces at software.sandia.gov
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>      >> users-bounces at software.sandia.gov
>     <mailto:users-bounces at software.sandia.gov>] On Behalf Of Matthew Koch
>      >> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 3:50 PM
>      >> To: trilinos-users at software.sandia.gov
>     <mailto:trilinos-users at software.sandia.gov>
>      >> Subject: [Trilinos-Users] linking debug on Windows
>      >>
>      >> Hi,
>      >>
>      >> I am trying to link a debug version of Trilinos 10 (MSVC 9 2008)
>     into a
>      >> project that builds with the
>      >> Intel compiler, but keep running into a problem with lines like the
>      >> following in Teuchos_RCPDecl.hpp:
>      >>
>      >> 934  void free( T* ptr ) { }
>      >>
>      >> the compiler says that it expected a type specifier between void and
>      >> free.  Everything works fine in
>      >> release, and Trilinos builds in debug, but the error is thrown when
>      >> that file gets included in the
>      >> other project.  Is there some flag that I'm missing in the other
>      >> project's debug configuration that
>      >> would skip or modify this code?
>      >>
>      >> Thank you,
>      >> Matthew Koch
>      >>
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