Merge pull request #2290 from abergeron/use_clang

theano/configdefaults.py

 import os
+import sys
 import logging
 
 import theano
@@ -139,6 +140,15 @@ try:
 except OSError:
     param = StrParam("")
     rc = 1
+
+# On Mac we test for 'clang++' and use it by default
+if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+    try:
+        rc = call_subprocess_Popen(['clang++', '-v'])
+        param = StrParam("clang++")
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+
 AddConfigVar('cxx',
              "The C++ compiler to use. Currently only g++ is"
              " supported, but supporting additional compilers should not be "

theano/gof/cmodule.py

@@ -1572,13 +1572,14 @@ class GCC_compiler(object):
                     GCC_compiler.march_flags = []
                     break
 
-        if not "g++" in theano.config.cxx:
+        if ('g++' not in theano.config.cxx and
+            'clang++' not in theano.config.cxx):
             _logger.warn(
                 "OPTIMIZATION WARNING: your Theano flag `cxx` seems not to be"
                 " the g++ compiler. So we disable the compiler optimization"
                 " specific to g++ that tell to compile for a specific CPU."
                 " At worst, this could cause slow down.\n"
-                "         You can add yourself those parameters to the compiler"
+                "         You can add those parameters to the compiler yourself"
                 " via the Theano flag `gcc.cxxflags`."
             )
             detect_march = False