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https://github.com/perl-openmp/p5-alien-openmp

Portable buildopt interface to OpenMP enabled compiler flags and other things.
https://github.com/perl-openmp/p5-alien-openmp

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Portable buildopt interface to OpenMP enabled compiler flags and other things.

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# NAME



Alien::OpenMP - Encapsulate system info for OpenMP



# SYNOPSIS



    use Alien::OpenMP;

    say Alien::OpenMP->cflags;       # e.g. '-fopenmp' if gcc

    say Alien::OpenMP->lddlflags;    # e.g. '-fopenmp' if gcc

    say Alien::OpenMP->auto_include; # e.g. '#include ' if gcc



# DESCRIPTION



This module encapsulates the knowledge required to compile OpenMP programs

`$Config{ccname}`. `C`, `Fortran`, and `C++` programs annotated

with declarative OpenMP pragmas will still compile if the compiler (and

linker if this is a separate process) is not passed the appropriate flag

to enable OpenMP support. This is because all pragmas are hidden behind

full line comments (with the addition of OpenMP specific `sentinels`,

as they are called).



All compilers require OpenMP to be explicitly activated during compilation;

for example, GCC's implementation, `GOMP`, is invoked by the `-fopenmp`

flag.



Most major compilers support OpenMP, including: GCC, Intel, IBM,

Portland Group, NAG, and those compilers created using LLVM. GCC's OpenMP

implementation, `GOMP`, is available in all modern versions. Unfortunately,

while OpenMP is a well supported standard; compilers are not required to

use the same commandline switch to activate support. All compilers that

support OpenMP use slightly different ways of invoking it.



## Compilers Supported by this module



At this time, the following compilers are supported:



- `gcc`



    `-fopenmp` enables OpenMP support in via compiler and linker:



        gcc -fopenmp ./my-openmp.c -o my-openmp.x



- `clang` EXPERIMENTAL



    `-fopenmp` enables OpenMP support via compiler and linker in recent

    versions of `clang`. MacOS shipped versions are missing the library

    which needs installing either with [Homebrew](https://brew.sh) or

    [Macports](https://www.macports.org).



## Note On Compiler Support



If used for an unsupported compiler, `ExtUtils::MakeMaker::os_unsupported`

is invoked, which results an exception propagating from this method being

raised with the value of `qq{OS unsupported\n}` (note the new line).



This module assumes that the compiler in question is the same one used to

build `perl`. Since the vast majority of `perl`s are building using

`gcc`, initial support is targeting it. However, like `perl`, many

other compilers may be used.



Adding support for a new compiler should be straightforward; please

section on contributing, below.



## Contributing



The biggest need is to support additional compilers. OpenMP is a well

established standard across compilers, but there is no guarantee that

all compilers will use the same flags, library names, or header files. It

should also be easy to contribute a patch to add this information, which

is effectively its purpose. At the very least, please create an issue

at the official issue tracker to request this support, and be sure to

include the relevant information. Chances are the maintainers of this

module do not have access to an unsupported compiler.



# METHODS



- `cflags`



    Returns flag used by a supported compiler to enable OpenMP. If not support,

    an empty string is provided since by definition all OpenMP programs

    must compile because OpenMP pragmas are annotations hidden behind source

    code comments.



    Example, GCC uses, `-fopenmp`.



- `lddlflags`



    Returns the flag used by the linker to enable OpenMP. This is usually

    the same as what is returned by `cflags`.



    Example, GCC uses, `-fopenmp`, for this as well.



- `Inline`



    Used in support of [Inline::C](https://metacpan.org/pod/Inline%3A%3AC)'s `with` method (inherited from

    [Inline](https://metacpan.org/pod/Inline)). This method is not called directly, but used when compiling

    OpenMP programs with `Inline::C`:



        use Alien::OpenMP; use Inline C => 'DATA', with => q/Alien::OpenMP/;



    The nice, compact form above replaces this mess:



        use Alien::OpenMP; use Inline (

            C             => 'DATA',

            ccflagsex     => Alien::OpenMP->cflags(),

            lddlflags     => join( q{ }, $Config::Config{lddlflags}, Alien::OpenMP::lddlflags() ),

            auto_include => Alien::OpenMP->auto_include(),

        );



    It also means that the standard _include_ for OpenMP is not required in

    the `C` code, i.e., `#include `.



# AUTHOR



OODLER 577 



# COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE



Copyright (C) 2021 by oodler577



This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.30.0 or,

at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.



# SEE ALSO



[PDL](https://metacpan.org/pod/PDL), [OpenMP::Environment](https://metacpan.org/pod/OpenMP%3A%3AEnvironment),

[https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libgomp/index.html](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libgomp/index.html).