BRL-CAD (Org ID 4884012200361984)
Task ID 4757494392422400 | Task Definition ID 5583306746232832
Max instances: 5

Title: Test and fix single precision compilation
Description: BRL-CAD may be compiled to perform 64-bit or 32-bit floating point math, but the latter is very rarely tested.  Nearly the entirety of the code is toggled by a single C typedef in the include/vmath.h header file.  Change the fastf_t typedef from double to float, compile, and fix any warnings/errors that result.

You will need an up-to-date source code checkout from our Subversion repository (there's other tasks for that).  These resources can help:

* http://brlcad.org/wiki/Compiling
* http://brlcad.org/wiki/Building_from_SVN
* http://cmake.org

You will probably want these flags when you run CMake:

* CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
* BRLCAD_BUNDLED_LIBS=ON
* BRLCAD_ENABLE_STRICT=OFF

If it works without any issues, retry with BRLCAD_ENABLE_STRICT=ON and fix any errors.

SUBMIT a patch file of your changes (e.g., run "svn diff > mychanges.patch" in the source tree) if you are successful.
SUBMIT detailed notes, logs, and screenshots of your compilation progress if you are not successful.
Tags: test, compiling, c/c++

Categories: Coding, Quality Assurance, Outreach & Research
Is Beginner: No
Time given to complete: 3 days

Mentors: yopasylvestre@gmail.com, brlcad@gmail.com, gaurav.ishwerdas@gmail.com, erik.greenwald@gmail.com, dubenko.oleksandr@gmail.com, kartik.sckorpio@gmail.com, sreyanshjain05@gmail.com, shubhamrathore1947@gmail.com, indrplus@gmail.com
Student: H1manshu (ID 6601728653262848)

Status: ABANDONED
Last modified: 2019-12-09 21:24:50