<html>#2548: Compilation failure: "const" assignment in LoopControl/src/loopcontrol.cc
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<tr><td style='text-align:right'> Reporter:</td><td>Bernard Kelly</td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'> Status:</td><td>open</td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'>Milestone:</td><td>ET_2021_05</td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'> Version:</td><td>ET_2021_05</td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'> Type:</td><td>bug</td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'> Priority:</td><td>major</td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'>Component:</td><td>EinsteinToolkit thorn</td></tr>
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<p>Comment (by Roland Haas):</p>
<p>I can compile fine with Intel 17 on Blue Waters if I use a modern enough C++ library. However if I force it to use gcc 4.3 by using --gxx-name then I get the same error that you see:</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="n">COMPILING</span> <span class="n">Carpet</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">LoopControl</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">src</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">loopcontrol</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">cc</span>
<span class="o">/</span><span class="n">mnt</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">u</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">staff</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">rhaas</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">ET_Next</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">arrangements</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">Carpet</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">LoopControl</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">src</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">loopcontrol</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">cc</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">70</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="n">error</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="k">function</span> <span class="k">call</span> <span class="n">must</span> <span class="n">have</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">constant</span> <span class="n">value</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">constant</span> <span class="n">expression</span>
<span class="n">lc_random</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="k">max</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="n">lc_random</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="k">min</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">^</span>
<span class="o">/</span><span class="n">mnt</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">a</sp
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Ticket URL: <a href='https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2548/compilation-failure-const-assignment-in'>https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2548/compilation-failure-const-assignment-in</a></p>
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