Assuring mex compatibility on different systems

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Brian 2016-8-10

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评论： Walter Roberson 2018-4-27

Hi there,

I'm looking at creating some mex libraries that will be used by other people. I need to know what is involved with assuring compatibility across different systems. I need to have support for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.

In general, I understand the mex file-suffix naming conventions that represent system OS and architecture, such as .mexw32 for x86 Windows, .mexw64 for x64 Windows, mexa32, mexa64 for linux x86 and x64 respectively, mexmaci, and mexmaci64 for Mac OS x86 and x64 respectively.

However, I am unsure if there are any additional stipulations for assuring compatibility of sharing mex files to users who are using MATLAB in a variety of environments.

For example, if I build a mex on my Windows 7 x64 machine with MATLAB 2015a, will another user be able to run it just fine with Windows 10 x64 and MATLAB 2016a?

What about building on Ubuntu 16, will a user using Ubuntu 12 be able to run the mex?

So I really need to know how cross-system compatibility of pre-compiled mexed code is supported, or not?

I don't want other users to have to bother with the process of compiling my mex, and I want to provide mex files of my code that will be supported on a wide range of systems. What do I have to know to make this possible?

Thanks, Brian

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James Tursa 2016-8-11

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There is NO assured compatibility of compiled mex code across different versions, operating systems, or platforms. The only assured compatibility for compiled mex code is to run under the same MATLAB version on the same operating system and platform. You might be lucky and get the same mex code to run under a different MATLAB version, but it just depends on what versions are involved as to whether you will get lucky or not. Your goal of having a single mex routine that can seamlessly be run by users across different MATLAB versions etc cannot in general be realized.

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Walter Roberson 2016-8-12

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What mex features/functions, etc can break this backward compatibility?

Everything except the binary structures for MAT 3.0 (-v3) and MAT 5.0 (first release) (-v5) as those have been documented; the changes to the type systems for -v7 were not documented but produce MAT 5.0 files that are typically not backwards compatible if any "new style" objects are included. The file format for -v7.3 is documented as being "similar to" HDF5 but the differences are not documented.

And that's it. Everything else is subject to change from release to release. Some of the changes only require recompilation to pick up new #define and new library code; other changes require rewriting mex code. The attribute blocks that describe variables are subject to change, including becoming larger. Officially sanctioned calls can start checking for compatibility with internal undocumented changes, including in ways that force use of new undocumented calls for code that used to work.

Everything that is not explicitly documented as working under particular circumstances will eventually break without notice. Everything that is explicitly documented as working under particular circumstances may eventually break suddenly with notice in the release notes.

Matt J 2018-4-27

version-specific issues perhaps, but platform-specific issues?

Walter Roberson 2018-4-27

I was responding to Brian's question about "Is it then generally safe"

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