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icc and gcc

newport_j — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:47:35 GMT

Ihavesome files that compile perfectly under gcc, under icc not so much.

I took out the -lm and O compiler command options because it gave me warnings and when I took those command options for gcc out for icc it stopped warning me.

However, I am getting a lot of errors of "error: expected an expresion" type with a carrot placed under expressions like log10 , exp, sqrt. I believe it needs the Intel equivalent of -lm. What is it?

I replaced in my compile script gcc with icc. Then dropped -lm and then -O. I still get the expected an expression error andI am not sure what is the cause.

Also what is the icpc command. It must be different from icc.

Thanks in advance.

Newport_j

icc and gcc

TimP — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:41:22 GMT

You still need
#include
or
#include
or you will get the missing definition errors. If you use C++headers, you need icpc. Or, did you fail to follow math function names with a parameter list in ( )?
icpc is used the same way as g++, but with icc command line options. It's basically icc with C++ headers, syntax, and libraries. You don't need -lm with g++ or icpc; it's implied.

icc and gcc

Brandon_H_Intel — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:56:44 GMT

What #includes are you using? I tried to reproduce by not including math.h, but gcc errors as well.

icc and gcc

newport_j — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:47:37 GMT

I was trying to answer your question about includes and created two files exp.c and power.c that can isolate the issue. They are attached with source.

I got an error /usr/include/libio.h(53): catastrophic error: cannot open source file "stdarg.h"
#include

compilation aborted for exp.c (code 4)

I guess in icc there is no stdarg.h in the include files. What is the workaround? I am sure this problem has arisen before and there are other ones that may bite me. Is there a paper that has all (or most) of the differences between icc and gcc like this?

Ant help appreciated.

Newport_j

icc and gcc

Brandon_H_Intel — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:56:20 GMT

For the most part, icc does not provide its own include files (there are exceptions like math.h) - it just uses what comes with gcc/glibc. WhatLinux versionand gcc version are you using specifically, and also what version if icc (you can find this with icc -V)? I'm thinking there might be something unsupported somewhere, as I can compile/link/run both pow.c and exp.c fine (although I did have to specify -std=c99 on pow.c, which I had to do with gcc as well).

icc and gcc

Brandon_H_Intel — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:57:53 GMT

There is also a whitepaper on gcc compatibility at http://software.intel.com/sites/products/collateral/hpc/compilers/intel_linux_compiler_compatibility_with_gnu_compilers.pdf which may help, but this seems a more basic problem than what would be addressed in there.

icc and gcc

newport_j — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:45:18 GMT

My gcc version is 4.2.4, my icc version 12.0.0. I am using Ubuntu 11.04 and I am using a Xeon quadcoreprocessor. As you can seeI am simply creating (making up) small programs that exemplify what is wrong in the main program. I hope to solve it on a 9 line program and not the 35,000+ line program.

Hence the use of exp.c and power.c.

Thanks for your help.I just want these two mini-progs to compile.

Newport_j

icc and gcc

newport_j — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:16:56 GMT

What does the commandsource compilervars.sh do?

I had to run this again this morning when I came in and typed in the password to unlock my screensaver.

I believe knowing that clearly may help.

Newport_j

icc and gcc

IDZ_A_Intel — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:11:45 GMT

The two includes that seem consistent placed throughout the c functions (subprograms) are:

#include
#include

Some files math.h on them also, but not all.

Any help appreciated. Thanks in adavnce.

Newport_j

icc and gcc

Brandon_H_Intel — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:19:52 GMT

Ok, I think I know the problem. The 12.0 compiler doesn't support Ubuntu 11.04. Can you upgrade to C++ Composer XE 2011 update 6 or later (current release is update 8, and update 9 should be coming soon) which contains the 12.1 compiler which does support 11.04 and see if that helps?