[petsc-users] error of compiling complex

[Satish Balay]

Its PETSC_USE_COMPLEX [undefined for --with-scalar-type=real]

Satish

On Thu, 21 May 2020, Sam Guo wrote:

> What preprocessor directive should I use for real: PETSC_USE_SCALAR_REAL
> or PETSC_USE_REAL_DOUBLE?
> 
> On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 2:00 PM Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> 
> > We usually do the other way around [build petsc with the correct
> > compilers and option] and make apps use the same flags [via petsc
> > formatted makefiles].
> >
> > However you should be able to construct petsc configure command and
> > force petsc to build exactly as you need.
> >
> > Satish
> >
> > On Thu, 21 May 2020, Sam Guo wrote:
> >
> > > The reason we don’t use petsc build tool is to make sure we use same
> > > compiler and flags to build our code and petsc.
> > >
> > > On Thursday, May 21, 2020, Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is there a reason you can't use petsc build tools?
> > > >
> > > > config/gmakegen.py processes the mkaefiles in source dirs - and
> > determines
> > > > the list of files to build [for a given configure setup]
> > > >
> > > > src/ksp/pc/impls/tfs/makefile has:
> > > >
> > > > #requiresscalar real
> > > >
> > > > i.e the sources in this dir are compiled only when
> > --with-scalar-type=real
> > > > and not when --with-scalar-type=complex etc..
> > > >
> > > > Satish
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 21 May 2020, Sam Guo wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks for the quick response. I have my own makefile based on PETSc
> > > > > makefile. I need to update my makefile. It seems PETSc generates the
> > > > > makefile on fly. I struggle to figure out which files I should skip
> > for
> > > > > complex. Could you tell me what files I should skip?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Sam
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 12:31 PM Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 3:25 PM Sam Guo <sam.guo at cd-adapco.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> Dear PETSc dev team,
> > > > > >>    I got following error of compiling complex:
> > > > > >> ../../../petsc/src/ksp/pc/impls/tfs/ivec.c: In function
> > > > ‘PCTFS_rvec_max’:
> > > > > >> ../../../petsc/include/petscmath.h:532:30: error: invalid
> > operands to
> > > > > >> binary < (have ‘PetscScalar’ {aka ‘_Complex double’} and
> > > > ‘PetscScalar’ {aka
> > > > > >> ‘_Complex double’})
> > > > > >>   532 | #define PetscMax(a,b)   (((a)<(b)) ?  (b) : (a))
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>    Any idea what I did wrong? I am using version 3.11.3.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Can you upgrade to 3.13?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >   Thanks,
> > > > > >
> > > > > >     Matt
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> Thanks,
> > > > > >> Sam
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
> > > > > > experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to
> > which
> > > > their
> > > > > > experiments lead.
> > > > > > -- Norbert Wiener
> > > > > >
> > > > > > https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/
> > > > > > <http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/>
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
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