[CppAD] **tape_id++

[Jason Roos]

Thanks for the reply. I believe this will work for now, as I don't need CPPAD_MAX_NUM_THREADS to be the default of 48. But I'm not sure this will be the case down the road. 

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Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 01:16
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Subject: Re: [CppAD] **tape_id++


CppAD does not re-use thread_id values because it identifies variables as AD<double> values that have the same tape identifier as the current AD<double> tape.

As soon as the tape stops recording, its variables become parameters without having to manage a linked list from the tape to its not yet destructed variables.

The simplest solution would be if size_t on your machine is larger than unsigned int. In that case you could use the configure argument
      TAPE_ID_TYPE=tape_id_type
to change the tape id type; see
       http://www.coin-or.org/CppAD/Doc/installunix.xml#tape_id_type

Another possible solution is to use a small value for the configure argument
     MAX_NUM_THREADS=max_num_threads
(this is the amount that the tape id is incremented each time); see
     http://www.coin-or.org/CppAD/Doc/installunix.xml#max_num_threads
also see
     http://www.coin-or.org/Cpp/Doc/multi_thread.xml#CPPAD_MAX_NUM_THREADS


> Hi,
>
> I just noticed that CppAD increments **tape_id every time I create a 
> new tape. That's a good thing, except I'm running out of unsigned 
> ints. Is there a safe way to reset the **tape_id periodically? (Note 
> that I'm not running out of memory, just unsigned ints...)
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
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