Grading based on HW2 solutions

[remustawfik]

Hi,

I just wanted to know if we will be graded with the supplied HW2 solutions build or based on our own HW2 solutions. Thank you.

[darren-moore]

You should submit all files, as required on MarkUs, but we will use the supplied HW2 library for grading.

[ginkxo]

could someone clarify how the HW2 reference code is accessed via hw2lib? is it just something done at compile time?

[remustawfik]

Yes also as a follow up, is it possible to create a build-release with the correct HW2 solutions?
Thank you

[darren-moore]

Unfortunately, you can't access the HW2 source code from the lib. Recall how the compilation+linking process works.

The reference code is accessed at link time since we're using a static link library. You might contrast this to a dynamic link library (DLL), where the program will only see the code at runtime. "Static linking vs dynamic linking".

[darren-moore]

@remustawfik You should be able to make a release build by referencing the release lib.
e.g. cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DHW2LIB_DIR=../lib/release/linux/ ..

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