MEX compile error: unknown type name 'char16_t'

Question

I cannot compile any MATLAB MEX code due to the following error:

In file included from /Applications/MATLAB_R2013a.app/extern/include/mex.h:58:
In file inclu         


        

Answer 1

This post might help: http://www.seaandsailor.com/matlab-xcode6.html

It was easier than I thought. Just replace all 10.x with your OS X version and add -Dchar16_t=UINT16_T to CLIBS in mexopts.sh file.

It worked on OS X 10.9 Mavericks with Xcode 6 installed.