Compilation error when SOFA_FLOATING_POINT_TYPE = float

[FabienPean]

Details

If the option in the CMake file SOFA_FLOATING_POINT_TYPE is set on float only. Compilation fails initially in SofaDenseSolver library due to errors with the Newmat library, which propagates in further dependencies. It seems that there is no float version of the methods inside Newmat.

Build output sample

• 3> Creating library C:/.../lib/Debug/SofaDenseSolver_d.lib and object C:/.../lib/Debug/SofaDenseSolver_d.exp
• 3>LULinearSolver.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual float __cdecl NEWMAT::BaseMatrix::SumSquare(void)const " (?SumSquare@BaseMatrix@NEWMAT@@UEBAMXZ)
• 3>NewMatCGLinearSolver.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual float __cdecl NEWMAT::BaseMatrix::SumSquare(void)const " (?SumSquare@BaseMatrix@NEWMAT@@UEBAMXZ)
• 3>initDenseSolver.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual float __cdecl NEWMAT::BaseMatrix::SumSquare(void)const " (?SumSquare@BaseMatrix@NEWMAT@@UEBAMXZ)
• 3>LULinearSolver.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual float __cdecl NEWMAT::BaseMatrix::SumAbsoluteValue(void)const " (?SumAbsoluteValue@BaseMatrix@NEWMAT@@UEBAMXZ)

[damienmarchal]

Is this issue still true ? It is not closed and it is waiting since 9 month

[hugtalbot]

@FabienPean any update on this ?
still an issue ?

[FabienPean]

Well initially I just reported the error and did not necessarily plan to look for the fix, so yes the the error still holds. It was just to try out the option but it was not a blocking issue as, I think, people uses double option or both.
So in the end, I decided to take a look at that. I think I solved the issue. PR to come.