expression must have pointer-to-object type

[Shahzad_Malik_MUZAFF]

Following compiles with gcc but fails with Intel compiler, any idea?

typedef float __attribute__ ( ( vector_size( 4*sizeof(float) ) ) ) Vec4F;
float x(Vec4F const & v){return  v[0];}

>icpc -v
icpc version 15.0.0 (gcc version 4.8.1 compatibility)
>icpc -c foo.cc
Y/src/foo.cc(2): error: expression must have pointer-to-object type
  float x(Vec4F const & v){return  v[0];}
                                   ^

compilation aborted for foo.cc (code 2)

[Georg_Z_Intel]

Hello Shahzad,

we've a feature request currently pending for __attribute__ ((vector_size(...))). Right now it's not supported by the Intel(R) C++ Compiler. The ticket is DPD200173341 DPD200526864 and I'll tell our engineers once more about the importance of this.

For the CMS code, I've already created a workaround, which I'm not very keen to propose (but could share with you). It simply wraps the vector to a class and overloads various operators. It's very invasive and not my favorite choice.

Maybe you could use the SIMD intrinsics class as a more appropriate workaround?
https://software.intel.com/en-us/node/524399

As soon as the feature request is implemented I'll update the thread.

Best regards,

Georg Zitzlsberger