mex error: cannot convert ‘int*’ to ‘const mwSize* {aka const long unsigned int*}’

Hey,

I'm trying to compile C Code for matlab with mex. It worked fine on my Mac, but under Ubuntu 18.04.04 LTS I get the following Error/Warning;

>> compile_FastEMD
Building with 'g++'.
Warning: You are using gcc version '6.5.0'. The version of gcc is not supported. The version currently supported with MEX is
'6.3.x'. For a list of currently supported compilers see: https://www.mathworks.com/support/compilers/current_release. 
> In compile_FastEMD (line 1) 
Error using mex
In file included from /Path/emd_hat_gd_metric_mex.cxx:3:0:
/Path/emd_hat_compute_mex.hxx:
In function ‘void emd_hat_compute_mex_impl(int, mxArray**, int, const mxArray**, bool, mxClassID)’:
/Path/emd_hat_compute_mex.hxx:137:58: 
error: cannot convert aint*t to hconst mwSize* {aka const long unsigned int*}  for argument ‘2’ to ‘mxArray* mxCreateNumericArray_730(mwSize, const mwSize*, mxClassID, mxComplexity)’
     out[0]= mxCreateNumericArray(1, dims, classID, mxREAL);
                                                          ^
/Path/emd_hat_compute_mex.hxx:145:63: 
error: cannot convert  int*’ to ‘const mwSize* {aka const long unsigned int*}’ for argument ‘2’ to ‘mxArray* mxCreateNumericArray_730(mwSize, const mwSize*, mxClassID, mxComplexity)’
         out[1]= mxCreateNumericArray(2, Fdims, classID, mxREAL);
                                                               ^


Error in compile_FastEMD (line 1)
mex -O -DNDEBUG emd_hat_gd_metric_mex.cxx

Does this have to do with the gcc version I am using? I tried installing 6.3.x but I didn't manage to install that specific version. I only found a ppa on Launchpad for Ubuntu 16.04.

I'd be super thankful if someone could point me in the right direction, by telling me either how to install gcc 6.3.x on Ubuntu 18.04 or how to fix the code to make it work with gcc 6.5.0

This is the Source Code. (From http://ofirpele.droppages.com/ , Fast and Robust Earth Mover's Distances)

To recreate what I did you have to run compile_FastEMD.m

Cheers,

Tobi

Answer 1

[James Tursa]

I haven't looked at the code, but the error messages indicate you've got some definitions in your code like this:

int dims[whatever];
int Fdims[whatever];

they need to be this

mwSize dims[whatever];
mwSize Fdims[whatever];

On previous versions where you ran this code, the mwSize happened to be an int. But on your newer system it is probably a 64-bit size_t and you get a mismatch.

[Chiang-Heng Chien]

I was working on another code and similar error messages appeared. This solution solved the problem! It's very helpful.

[Qi]

Thank you very much, it solves the problem！！！

Answer 2

[晓航 邵]

I have come up with the same problems. Do you sove it?

Errors go as follows:

mex -c readTrackletsMex.cpp

使用 'g++' 编译。

错误使用 mex

/home/shawn/Documents/MATLAB/StereoKittiSLAM/utilsRawData/readTrackletsMex.cpp: In function ‘void mexFunction(int, mxArray**, int, const

mxArray**)’:

/home/shawn/Documents/MATLAB/StereoKittiSLAM/utilsRawData/readTrackletsMex.cpp:35:48: error: cannot convert ‘int*’ to ‘const mwSize* {aka

const long unsigned int*}’ for argument ‘2’ to ‘mxArray* mxCreateCellArray_730(mwSize, const mwSize*)’

cell_array_ptr = mxCreateCellArray(ndim, dims);

^

/home/shawn/Documents/MATLAB/StereoKittiSLAM/utilsRawData/readTrackletsMex.cpp:49:89: error: cannot convert ‘int*’ to ‘const mwSize* {aka

const long unsigned int*}’ for argument ‘2’ to ‘mxArray* mxCreateStructArray_730(mwSize, const mwSize*, int, const char**)’

struct_array_ptr = mxCreateStructArray(s_ndim, s_dims, number_of_fields, field_names);

^

/home/shawn/Documents/MATLAB/StereoKittiSLAM/utilsRawData/readTrackletsMex.cpp:76:82: warning: narrowing conversion of

‘tracklets->Tracklets::getTracklet(tracklet_idx)->Tracklets::tTracklet::poses.std::vector<Tracklets::tPose>::size()’ from

‘std::vector<Tracklets::tPose>::size_type {aka long unsigned int}’ to ‘int’ inside { } [-Wnarrowing]

const int poses_dim[] = {15, tracklets->getTracklet(tracklet_idx)->poses.size()};

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~

/home/shawn/Documents/MATLAB/StereoKittiSLAM/utilsRawData/readTrackletsMex.cpp:77:74: error: cannot convert ‘const int*’ to ‘const mwSize*

{aka const long unsigned int*}’ for argument ‘2’ to ‘mxArray* mxCreateNumericArray_730(mwSize, const mwSize*, mxClassID, mxComplexity)’

field_value = mxCreateNumericArray(2, poses_dim,mxDOUBLE_CLASS,mxREAL);

^

/home/shawn/Documents/MATLAB/StereoKittiSLAM/utilsRawData/readTrackletsMex.cpp:108:3: error: ‘cout’ was not declared in this scope

cout << "Found " << tracklets->numberOfTracklets() << " tracklets." << endl;

^~~~