How to cast int to float in GLSL (WebGL)? - opengl-es

My code is (inside the void main):
float res;
for(int i=0; i<15; i++) {
res = float(i)/15.0;
//...
}
Unfortunately I get a syntax error at float(i)/15.0
If I just write i/15.0, then the error is:
wrong operand types no operation '/' exists that takes a left-hand operand of type 'mediump int' and a right operand of type 'const float' (or there is no acceptable conversion)
If I just try i/15 then the result is an integer, but I would like to get a float.
How is it possible to cast int to float?

It seems that you're not allowed to cast in GLSL. Therefore, "you have to use a constructor".
Try this:
// http://www.shaderific.com/glsl-types/
// "Implicit type conversions are not supported.
// Type conversions can be done using constructors..."
float i_float = float(i);
res = i_float / 15.0;
PS: If you have a look at the documentation, it says that "... Either integer type can be converted into floats, and integers and floats can be converted into doubles." ... I find it odd that your code is not accepted by the GLSL compiler. (cf. Reto Koradi's comment)

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How to use element wise integer power with Eigen

I would like to take the element wise power of an array of double with and array of int using Eigen power function.
Here is a sample code that reproduce the issue using Eigen v3.3.4 and v3.3.7:
#include <Eigen/Dense>
int main() {
Eigen::ArrayXd x(10);
Eigen::ArrayXd res(10);
Eigen::ArrayXi exponents(10);
x = Eigen::ArrayXd::Random(10);
exponents = Eigen::ArrayXi::LinSpaced(10, 0, 9);
res = Eigen::pow(x, exponents);
return (0);
}
The error message is quite long but in essence I get
YOU_MIXED_DIFFERENT_NUMERIC_TYPES__YOU_NEED_TO_USE_THE_CAST_METHOD_OF_MATRIXBASE_TO_CAST_NUMERIC_TYPES_EXPLICITLY
which does not seem appropriate to me in this context, along with
Eigen3/Eigen/src/Core/functors/BinaryFunctors.h:294:84: error: no type named ‘ReturnType’ in ‘struct Eigen::ScalarBinaryOpTraits<double, int, Eigen::internal::scalar_pow_op<double, int> >’
typedef typename ScalarBinaryOpTraits<Scalar,Exponent,scalar_pow_op>::ReturnType result_type;
As the error message indicated, you can't mix scalar types implicitly. You have to explicitly cast so that the types match:
res = Eigen::pow(x, exponents.cast<double>());
As for a specialization for integer types, the template of the power function (as a functor) is:
template<typename ScalarX,typename ScalarY, bool IsInteger =
NumTraits<ScalarX>::IsInteger&&NumTraits<ScalarY>::IsInteger>
and calls a simple pow(x,y) unless both types are integers (IsInteger), in which case there is a different specialization.
There is also an overload for an array to the power of a constant, which doesn't seem to be what you are looking for. In that case (unless ggael corrects me), you can definitely implement your own CustomBinaryOp

string length: invalid static_cast

I was expecting this sample code to work:
std::string s;
int number=1;
s = std::to_string(number);
int size=static_cast<int>(s.length);
However it gives the error:
main.cpp:178:39: error: invalid static_cast from type ‘’ to type ‘int’
int size=static_cast(s.length);
Then, I also tried:
int size=atoi(s.length);
Which gives me the error:
cannot convert ‘std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::length<char, std::char_traits<char>
... to type ‘const char*’
Then, I tried this option:
int size=atoi(s.c_str());
This one worked. Any hints why atoi(s.length) does not work, and instead atoi(s.c_str()) is required?
So, suppose that I have the input string as 999, the total of digits will be 3. Using s.length would be the best way to get the total of digits, however the s.length casting gives the error.
You did not invoke the length method.
You should use int size=static_cast<int>(s.length());: notice the call operator at the end of the length method name.
However, if by doing this, you are trying to convert the string to an integer, this is wrong. This only gives you the number of characters in the string.

passing argument 1 of 'strlen' makes pointer from integer without a cast

It is not clear why I get a warning of:
[Warning] passing argument 1 of 'strlen' makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
expected 'const char *' but argument is of type 'char'
on two of the 3 statements containing strlen() below.
Even when I attempted to cast *str it still gave the same warning.
bfr is a character buffer. *str points to that char buffer after the call to
gets(). If I use strlen(*str) I get a warning. If I use strlen(bfr) I do not.
But *str should be the equivalent to bfr. Thus the confusion regarding the error.
Now in reality, strlen arg 1 is defined as strlen(const char *string). So I
would have expected strlen(bfr) to also produce an error since bfr[] is a
char string and not a const char either.
And where is the integer that is being made into a pointer?
I am using gcc under wXDev-C++.
void test(){
FILE *fileID = fopen("somefile.txt","r");
char *str, len;
char bfr[16];
str = fgets(bfr,16,fileID); // str will be set equal to &bfr[0]
len = strlen(*str); // This gives a warning
len = strlen((const char)*str); // This gives a warning
len = strlen(bfr); // This does not give a warning
}
Sometimes you just need to take a fresh look in the morning at a problem. I realized that strlen is looking for a pointer to a string and 'str' is defined as a pointer. So *str would be a pointer to a pointer. So the warning was correct. It should read len = strlen(s) not len = strlen(*s). And it is 'str' pointing to 'bfr' not *str;
Answered my own question.

warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size

I'm working on socket programming.. my code executes the way I want it to, I'm able to use it. BUT it gives me a warning on compilation.
I compile using
gcc server1.c -o server1 -lpthread
And I get the warning
warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size [-Wpointer-to-int-cast]
This error comes for the following code
int newsockfd;
newsockfd = (int)newsockfdd; //this line
And I'm using newsockfdd (which is int) in the following chunk of code
if (pthread_create(&threadID[i++], NULL, serverThread, (void *)(intptr_t)newsockfdd) != 0)
{
perror("Thread create error");
}
As you can probably tell, the code is not written too well (I am working on making it better). I know that this warning comes because of something to do with the size of int. But I really dunno how to fix it. Before I put in (intptr_t) in the pthread_create statement, it was showing a warning on that line, but that time the warning was
warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
It seems like there should be a simple fix to this? But I can't find it. I'm using Ubuntu 64-bit. Is that a reason for the warning?
As has been established in the comments, the situation is (modulo renaming to avoid confusing occurrences of newsockfdd as passed argument or received parameter)
void *serverThread(void *arg) {
// ...
int newsockfd = (int)arg;
// ...
}
and in main (or a function called from there)
// ...
int newsockfdd = whatever;
// ...
if (pthread_create(&threadID[i++], NULL, serverThread, (void *)(intptr_t)newsockfdd) != 0)
// ..
So when the int newsockfdd is passed as an argument to serverThread, it is cast to a void*. Originally, that cast was direct, but the intermediate cast to intptr_t was inserted to remove the warning about the cast to pointer from integer of different size.
And in serverThread, the received void* is cast to int, resulting in the warning about the cast from pointer to integer of different size.
That warning could probably also be removed by inserting an intermediate cast to intptr_t.
But, while the standard allows casting integers to pointers and vice versa, the results are implementation-defined and there's no guarantee that int -> void* -> int round-trips (although, a footnote in the standard says
The mapping functions for converting a pointer to an integer or an integer to a pointer are intended to
be consistent with the addressing structure of the execution environment.
so probably it will round-trip and work as intended in this case - but it would likely not work [only for values of small enough absolute value] if the size of a void* is smaller than that of the integer type [consider long long -> void* -> long long on 32-bit systems]).
The proper fix is to avoid the casting between integers and pointers,
void *serverThread(void *arg) {
// ... check that arg isn't NULL
int newsockfd = *(int *)arg;
// ...
}
in severThread, cast the received pointer to a pointer of appropriate type, and read the pointed-to value, and in main
if// ...
int newsockfdd = whatever;
// ...
if (pthread_create(&threadID[i++], NULL, serverThread, &newsockfdd) != 0)
pass the address of newsockfdd.
One caveat: if serverThread is called from multiple places, the calls in all these places need to be fixed.

GCC error when compiling: "lvalue required as left operand of assignment" with function pointer

I have a C code which records a procedure address in an array
void* lpProcAddress[5];
typedef unsigned long (*MyFunction_TYPE) (void*);
#define MyFunctionInArray ( (MyFunction_TYPE) lpProcAddress[0] )
unsigned long AnyFunction ( void* lpPointerToAny )
{
/* Some Code */
return 0;
}
int main()
{
MyFunctionInArray =
AnyFunction; // Displays: "error: lvalue required as left operand of assignment"
}
GCC displays "error: lvalue required as left operand of assignment".
How can I fix this?
For my purpose, I could not call directly AnyFunction().
This will expand to:
(type)xxx = ...
This is not legal. However, you could use something like:
* (type *)& xxx = ...
Try assigning to lpProcAddress[0] directly instead of to MyFunctionInArray.
This should work and you can just keep it that way.
However, if you are interested in why it did not work with your define keep reading, there is a way to do that too:
What you are doing in your #define is cast a pointer-type to MyFunction_TYPE
1) you dont really need to cast the pointer-array to anything, you can just assign the function-pointers into its slots
2) if you really want to cast the pointer-array before assigning into it you have to cast it to a function-pointer-type (and do that before dereferencing so use parenthesis before [0]).
Instead of defining lpProcAddress as void* why not just define as MyFunction_TYPE, e.g.:
typedef unsigned long (*MyFunction_TYPE) (void*);
MyFunction_TYPE lpProcAddress[5];
Then in your main function you can just do:
lpProcAddress[0] = AnyFunction;
Without needing to care about casting.
Likewise to call the function you can then just do:
result = lpProcAddress[0]( some_ptr );

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