arrayfire / arrayfire/arrayfire-rust
[BUG] `Array::get_backend()` can never return `OPENCL`
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Description
[`src/core/array.rs:392-404`](https://github.com/arrayfire/arrayfire-rust/blob/master/src/core/array.rs#L392-L404):
```rust
match (err_val, ret_val) {
(0, 1) => Backend::CPU,
(0, 2) => Backend::CUDA,
(0, 3) => Backend::OPENCL,
_ => Backend::DEFAULT,
}
```
`af_backend` is a bit-flag enum, not sequential (`include/af/defines.h:414-417`, v3.8.0):
```c
AF_BACKEND_DEFAULT = 0,
AF_BACKEND_CPU = 1,
AF_BACKEND_CUDA = 2,
AF_BACKEND_OPENCL = 4
```
There is no backend with value 3. An OpenCL-created array returns 4, falls through to the wildcard, and is reported as `Backend::DEFAULT`.
**Fix:** `(0, 4) => Backend::OPENCL`.
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Found by Claude Opus 5
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Start with src/core/array.rs:392-404 and compare the backend values in include/af/defines.h:414-417. Update the mapping so an OpenCL-created array is reported as Backend::OPENCL, then run the existing test suite or backend-related tests to verify the result.
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