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Re: C/C++ extensions for array notations
- From: Richard Guenther <richard dot guenther at gmail dot com>
- To: Sebastian Pop <sebpop at gmail dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 03:10:13 +0100
- Subject: Re: C/C++ extensions for array notations
- References: <AANLkTinmQeuo6NeEZg9RMq38SxgAXijF4R7=0D1bEEQU@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Sebastian Pop <sebpop@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to ask the opinion of C/C++ maintainers about the extension
> that the Intel compiler proposes for array notations:
> http://software.intel.com/sites/products/documentation/studio/composer/en-us/2011/compiler_c/index.htm#optaps/common/optaps_par_cean_prog.htm
>
> Are there strong opinions against this extension?
>
> Thanks,
> Sebastian
>
> PS: The openMP accelerator subcommittee is discussing about adopting
> this notation as well to specify slices of data to be sent to an accelerator.
Looks similar to what I hacked into the C frontend to support
middle-end arrays (well, hacked, as I used builtins).
Richard.