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LibraryFunctionLoad with variable number of arguments

Posted 10 years ago

Hi, I have studied compiling functions from language C to Mathematica as LibraryLink. Do you know how can I connect function with variable count of inputs? I used precompiled example:

DLLEXPORT int demoNoArguments(WolframLibraryData libData, mint Argc, MArgument *Args, MArgument Res)
{
    mint b = Argc;
    MArgument_setInteger(Res, b);
    return LIBRARY_NO_ERROR;
}

From this code is clear that number of arguments is defined somewhere outside.

I would like prepare override function (multiple definitions of symbol) like this:

demo1=LibraryFunctionLoad["demo", "demoNoArguments", {Integer}, Integer];
demo1=LibraryFunctionLoad["demo", "demoNoArguments", {Integer,  Integer}, Integer];

or better:

demo1=LibraryFunctionLoad["demo", "demoNoArguments", {_Integer..}, Integer];

but if I try to define function again, I see message:

"LibraryFunction::overload: The function demoNoArguments has already been loaded with argument types {Integer,Integer}. The new function will be an overload for different types. >>"

second choice is not possible to use because I see error:

LibraryFunction::btype: "Invalid type and/or rank specification in _Integer... "

Does anyone have any advice?

POSTED BY: Mirek M
4 Replies

Hi,

Not sure whether it answers your question, but if you need tensor-like arguments, then here is how Mathematica does it:

F = Compile[{{n, _Integer,1}},n^2, CompilationTarget -> "C" ];
ExportString[F,"C"]

I.M.

POSTED BY: Ivan Morozov
Posted 10 years ago

Hi,

Thank you for your answer. Using matrix or tensor is workaround but good idea. Next worse workaround is this:

demo1[arg___Integer] := (LibraryFunctionLoad["demo", "demoNoArguments",
     ConstantArray[Integer, Length[{arg}]], Integer][arg])

Problem is that symbol associated with compiled function cannot be defined for other argument.

POSTED BY: Mirek M

If you want a variable number of arguments of the same (numerical) type, use an array instead. I would not call it a "workaround". I'd call it the proper way to do it.

If their types are not the same, or if you have a non-numeric type (e.g. string), you can use MathLink to pass arguments to your library function.

POSTED BY: Szabolcs Horvát
Posted 7 years ago

Thank you for the advice. Now I'm solving other problems but I hope to get back to the topic in time.

POSTED BY: Mirek M
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