[cfe-commits] [PATCH] OpenCL error for elements in a struct

[Peter Collingbourne]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 12:08:56PM +0100, Anton Lokhmotov wrote:
> Hi Tanya,
> 
> > OpenCL does not allow elements of a struct to be in different address
> > spaces. The attached patch checks for this and throws an error. It
> > includes a test case.
> 
> I can see how your patch attempts to directly support the following
> restriction in the spec:
> 
> "Elements of a struct or union must belong to the same address space.
> Declaring a struct
> or union whose elements are in different address spaces is illegal."
> 
> (Seems to be unchanged since OpenCL v1.0; 6.8.o in OpenCL v1.1).
> 
> However, I think it's a flaw in the spec as elements of a struct or union
> should not have any address space qualifiers.

Hi Anton,

I agree.  Has this been reported as a defect in the specification?
I could not find anything in the public bug tracker.

Thanks,
-- 
Peter