Pointer Limitations - 2023.2 English

Vitis High-Level Synthesis User Guide (UG1399)

Document ID
UG1399
Release Date
2023-12-18
Version
2023.2 English

General Pointer Casting

Vitis HLS does not support general pointer casting, but supports pointer casting between native C/C++ types.

Pointer Arrays

Vitis HLS supports pointer arrays for synthesis, provided that each pointer points to a scalar or an array of scalars. Arrays of pointers cannot point to additional pointers.

Function Pointers

Function pointers are not supported.

Note: Pointer to pointer is not supported.