memory

There are two memory-allocation modes available, indicated by the keywords %static and %dynamic. When the mode is set to static, HyCuda generates code to allocate all memory when the final HyCudaAlgorithm-object is instantiated, and frees the memory when the object is destroyed. For this to be possible, the number of elements in each block of memory must be known in advance, and be independent of runtime input. The memory-sizes (see Section 2.2) can still be symbolic values, but these should be defined (e.g. in an enum or by #define's) by the user and pre-included (e.g. using %include) in order to be seen by the allocation functions.

When the allocation-mode is set to %dynamic, array-sizes may depend on the runtime input. Only when the process-member is called on the object, to which the input and output parameters are passed (Section 2.2.1), will the memory be allocated. More on this on Section 2.2.