#import "_.metal"

Hi there!:grin:

Let’s say that:

  • I have two metal files A and B containing shaders that I want to keep separate
  • I need to call the same helper function (not a shader) from both files

Putting the helper function in a third file and importing it dosen’t works because generates duplicated symbols.

And:

#ifndef thirdFile_metal
#define thirdFile_metal 
...//here helper function
#endif

seem don’t work

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

@quaternionboy You need to declare the function.

For example, this is a complete Metal file with a helper function (B.metal):

#include <metal_stdlib>
using namespace metal;

uint addOne(uint in) {
  return in + 1;
}

In a function in another Metal file (A.metal), you use it like this:

uint one = 1;
uint two = addOne(one);

This won’t compile unless you declare the function in A.metal:

uint addOne(uint in);
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Thank you very much!!!