Serialization

The provided keywords are designed to have serial semantics. In other words, every Intel® Cilk™ Plus program corresponds to an equivalent C/C++ program. Such a C/C++ program is referred to as the serialization of the program. The serialization is particularly useful when debugging Intel® Cilk™ Plus programs.

How to Create a Serialization

The header file cilk_stub.h contains macros that redefine the Intel® Cilk™ Plus keywords and library calls into an equivalent serial form. To build a serialization do one of the following:

• include cilk/cilk_stub.h before any other headers in your source file(s)
• specify the header on the command line: -include cilk/cilk_stub.h for Linux* and OS X* or /FI cilk/cilk_stub.h for Windows*
• Use the equivalent command line option: -cilk-serialize for Linux* and OS X* or /Qcilk-serialize for Windows*