Re: [Libmesh-users] libmesh with complex

[Loris N. <loris.nagler@TUGraz.at>]

Hello Roy,
thank you for your answer.
> Which version of libMesh are you using?  
I'm using the current CVS libmesh.

>> /home/loris/soft/petsc-2.3.2-p10/include/petscmath.h:65: error: 
>> expected initializer before 'PetscScalar'
> This is the root of all the other errors, but I can't help much
> without seeing that petscmath.h file.  I've only got petsc-2.3.1-p16
> and petsc-2.3.3-p3 installed, and they've changed enough that I don't
> know what line 65 of your petscmath.h or its surrounding context will
> read.
I was able to get rid of the 'PetscScalar' error messages by taking a 
look at the petscmath.h where the following lines can be found.

#if defined(PETSC_USE_COMPLEX)
#if defined(PETSC_CLANGUAGE_CXX)

#include <complex>
...
#else
#include <complex.h>
...

It turned out that I configured Petsc without declaring 
"--with-clanguage=cxx"  and <complex.h> was included instead of <complex>.

But as always, when a problem is solved a new one arises. Now the 
libmesh library compiles without complaining until the sourcefile 
"laspack_vector.C" is reached. Here I get the following message:

Compiling C++ (in optimized mode) src/numerics/laspack_vector.C...
src/numerics/laspack_vector.C: In member function 'Real 
LaspackVector<T>::sum() const [with T = std::complex<double>]':
src/numerics/laspack_vector.C:446:   instantiated from here
src/numerics/laspack_vector.C:44: error: cannot convert 
'std::complex<double>' to 'Real' in return
make: *** [src/numerics/laspack_vector.i686-pc-linux-gnu.opt.o] Error 1

I'm using the current CVS libmesh version and Petsc-2.3.3-p6 (I just 
switched to the current version. The error message doesn't change with 
other Petsc versions). I also let Petsc download the external packages 
needed ( blas-lapack and mpich ) during Petsc configuration.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated

loris

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