C++ support for AOCL

Altera_Forum · ‎02-18-2014

Does the OpenCL SDK support C++?

If so, what are the limitations? The prorgramming guide isn't quite clear on C++ support (at least, from a quick glance-through)

Altera_Forum · ‎02-19-2014

At the moment there are no C++ wrappers available in the Altera OpenCL SDK. When vendors add support for C++ it's only for the host side, and as far as I know it's typically just in the form of a wrapper that sits in between your host code and the underlining runtime implemented in C.

Altera_Forum · ‎02-24-2014

This.

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as far as I know it's typically just in the form of a wrapper that sits in between your host code and the underlining runtime implemented in C.

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Just save cl.hpp (http://www.khronos.org/registry/cl/api/1.2/cl.hpp) in $ALTERAOCLSDKROOT/host/include/CL and voilà. You then include cl.hpp instead and make use of all the C++ goodness.

I can't see why Altera doesn't ship this header as part of its SDK. I've been using it since the beginning and I never had any problems.

Altera_Forum · ‎02-25-2014

If you want to use cl.hpp as mentioned above, make sure it's the header supporting the OpenCL spec 1.0 and 1.1: http://www.khronos.org/registry/cl/api/1.1/cl.hpp.