C++ keywords on CUDA C code

c, c++, cuda, nvcc

Solution

NVCC compiles C++ code, not C code. Even if it pretends to consume C code in reality you just get a more C-like behavior, not a C compiler (see this post). For this reason `private` is a keyword and can't be used as identifier (like any other C++ keyword).

Actually `--host-compilation C` is deprecated (it shouldn't be used with nvcc) because in reality it doesn't do what you expect.

Problem

I am using CUDA to accelerate some parts of a C program. This program makes use of some C++ keywords as identifiers, so it doesn't compile as C++. Now that I changed it with CUDA, how can I compile it with NVCC? For instance, I get the error: ``` table.h(65): error: expected an identifier ``` when compiling the code: ``` struct sw_table_position { unsigned long private[4]; }; ``` Which is perfectly valid C, but invalid C++. I am using CUDA 5.

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