sdk/1.2/docs/man/otherDataTypes.xml

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            <keyword>Other Data Types</keyword>
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        <refentrytitle>Other Built-in Data Types</refentrytitle>

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        <refname>Other Data Types</refname>

        <refpurpose>
             Other Built-in Data Types
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    <refsect1 id="description"><title>Description</title>
        <para>
          The following table describes other data types supported by OpenCL:
        </para>

        <para>
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                    <row>
                        <entry>Type</entry>
                        <entry>Description</entry>
                    </row>
                </thead>

                <tbody>
                    <row>
                        <entry> <type>image2d_t</type> </entry>
                        <entry>
                            A 2D image. See individual  <citerefentry
                            href="imageFunctions"><refentrytitle>Image
                            Functions</refentrytitle></citerefentry>  for more information.
                        </entry>
                    </row>

                    <row>
                        <entry> <type>image3d_t</type> </entry>
                        <entry>
                            A 3D image. See individual  <citerefentry
                            href="imageFunctions"><refentrytitle>Image
                            Functions</refentrytitle></citerefentry>  for more information.
                        </entry>
                    </row>

                    <row>
                        <entry> <type>image2d_array_t</type> </entry>
                        <entry>
                            A 2D image array. See individual  <citerefentry
                            href="imageFunctions"><refentrytitle>Image
                            Functions</refentrytitle></citerefentry>  for more information.
                        </entry>
                    </row>

                    <row>
                        <entry> <type>image1d_t</type> </entry>
                        <entry>
                            A 1D image. See individual  <citerefentry
                            href="imageFunctions"><refentrytitle>Image
                            Functions</refentrytitle></citerefentry>  for more information.
                        </entry>
                    </row>

                    <row>
                        <entry> <type>image1d_buffer_t</type> </entry>
                        <entry>
                            A 1D image created from a buffer object. See individual
                            <citerefentry href="imageFunctions"><refentrytitle>Image
                            Functions</refentrytitle></citerefentry>  for more information.
                        </entry>
                    </row>

                    <row>
                        <entry> <type>image1d_array_t</type> </entry>
                        <entry>
                            A 1D image array. See individual  <citerefentry
                            href="imageFunctions"><refentrytitle>Image
                            Functions</refentrytitle></citerefentry>  for more information.
                        </entry>
                    </row>

                    <row>
                        <entry>
                            <citerefentry><refentrytitle><type>sampler_t</type></refentrytitle></citerefentry>
                        </entry>

                        <entry>
                            A sampler type.
                        </entry>
                    </row>

                    <row>
                        <entry> <type>event_t</type> </entry>
                        <entry>
                            An event. This can be used to identify async copies from global
                             to local memory and vice-versa. See individual  <citerefentry
                            href="asyncCopyFunctions"><refentrytitle>Async Copy and Prefetch
                            Functions</refentrytitle></citerefentry> for more information.
                        </entry>
                    </row>
                </tbody>
            </tgroup>
          </informaltable>
        </para>

        <para>
          NOTE: The <type>image2d_t</type>, <type>image3d_t</type>, <type>image2d_array_t</type>,
          <type>image1d_t</type>, <type>image1d_buffer_t</type>, <type>image1d_array_t</type>,
          and <type>sampler_t</type> types are only defined if the device
          supports images i.e.  <constant>CL_DEVICE_IMAGE_SUPPORT</constant>
          is <constant>CL_TRUE</constant>. See the table for <varname>param_name</varname> for
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>clGetDeviceInfo</refentrytitle></citerefentry> for details.
        </para>

        <para>
          The C99 derived types (arrays, structs, union, function, and
          pointers), constructed from the built-in data types described in
          <citerefentry href="scalarDataTypes"><refentrytitle>Scalar Data Types</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
          <citerefentry href="vectorDataTypes"><refentrytitle>Vector Data Types</refentrytitle></citerefentry>, and
          <citerefentry href="otherDataTypes"><refentrytitle>Other Data Types</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
          are also supported with certain
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>restrictions</refentrytitle></citerefentry>.
        </para>
    </refsect1>

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            <olink uri="otherDataTypes">OpenCL Specification</olink>
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    <refsect1 id="seealso"><title>Also see</title>
        <para>
            <citerefentry href="macroLimits"><refentrytitle>Macros and Limits</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry href="scalarDataTypes"><refentrytitle>Scalar Data Types</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry href="vectorDataTypes"><refentrytitle>Vector Data Types</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry href="reservedDataTypes"><refentrytitle>Reserved Data Types</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry href="abstractDataTypes"><refentrytitle>Abstract Data Types</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
            <citerefentry href="enums"><refentrytitle>Enumerated Data Types</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
        </para>
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