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cannam@167:In this section, we discuss how one can import/export FFTW wisdom cannam@167: (saved plans) to/from a Fortran program; we assume that the reader is cannam@167: already familiar with wisdom, as described in Words of Wisdom-Saving Plans. cannam@167:
cannam@167: cannam@167:The basic problem is that is difficult to (portably) pass files and
cannam@167: strings between Fortran and C, so we cannot provide a direct Fortran
cannam@167: equivalent to the fftw_export_wisdom_to_file, etcetera,
cannam@167: functions. Fortran interfaces are provided for the functions
cannam@167: that do not take file/string arguments, however:
cannam@167: dfftw_import_system_wisdom, dfftw_import_wisdom,
cannam@167: dfftw_export_wisdom, and dfftw_forget_wisdom.
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So, for example, to import the system-wide wisdom, you would do: cannam@167:
cannam@167:integer isuccess cannam@167: call dfftw_import_system_wisdom(isuccess) cannam@167:
As usual, the C return value is turned into a first parameter;
cannam@167: isuccess is non-zero on success and zero on failure (e.g. if
cannam@167: there is no system wisdom installed).
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If you want to import/export wisdom from/to an arbitrary file or
cannam@167: elsewhere, you can employ the generic dfftw_import_wisdom and
cannam@167: dfftw_export_wisdom functions, for which you must supply a
cannam@167: subroutine to read/write one character at a time. The FFTW package
cannam@167: contains an example file doc/f77_wisdom.f demonstrating how to
cannam@167: implement import_wisdom_from_file and
cannam@167: export_wisdom_to_file subroutines in this way. (These routines
cannam@167: cannot be compiled into the FFTW library itself, lest all FFTW-using
cannam@167: programs be required to link with the Fortran I/O library.)
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