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Function template type_name

boost::compute::type_name

// In header: <boost/compute/type_traits/type_name.hpp>


template<typename T> const char * type_name();

Returns the OpenCL type name for the type T as a string.

For example:

type_name<float>() == "float"
type_name<float4_>() == "float4"

See Also:

type_definition<T>()

Returns:

a string containing the type name for T