Fixing cuda_bindings local build errors manifesting with GCC-13 on Linux (WSL)

[rparolin]

Problem Statement

Running unit tests for cuda_bindings via python -m pytest tests/ was manifesting the following error on WSL.

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____________________________________________________________ ERROR collecting test_cuda.py _____________________________________________________________
ImportError while importing test module '/home/rparolin/cuda-python/cuda_bindings/tests/test_cuda.py'.
Hint: make sure your test modules/packages have valid Python names.
Traceback:
../../miniconda3/envs/v1/lib/python3.12/importlib/__init__.py:90: in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tests/test_cuda.py:11: in <module>
    import cuda.bindings.driver as cuda
E   ImportError: /home/rparolin/cuda-python/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/driver.cpython-312-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: undefined symbol: _ZSt21__glibcxx_assert_failPKciS0_S0_

Removing name mangling shows this is the internal assert handler called by the stdlibc++ standard library controlled by the preprocessor macro _GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS.

std::__glibcxx_assert_fail(char const*, int, char const*, char const*)

Looking at the resulting gcc compiler command line used to build the c-extensions you can see we are passing mismatched preprocessor toggles; namely, NDEBUG and _GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS. NDEBUG disables debug functionality including asserts and then we at the same enable stdlib asserts.

This PR ensures we only enable stdlib asserts when compiling in debug.

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[rwgk]

Just sharing an observation:

Running unit tests for cuda_bindings via python -m pytest tests/ was manifesting the following error on WSL.

Interesting. I'm using "GCC-13 on Linux (WSL)", too, but never saw that error. An obvious difference at first glance is that I don't use conda very much when running the cuda_bindings unit tests.

[rparolin]

Just sharing an observation:

Running unit tests for cuda_bindings via python -m pytest tests/ was manifesting the following error on WSL.

Interesting. I'm using "GCC-13 on Linux (WSL)", too, but never saw that error. An obvious difference at first glance is that I don't use conda very much when running the cuda_bindings unit tests.

We may want to do an audit of the binaries publish via pypi and conda. I suspect we unintentionally enabled debug symbols somewhere.