"Larry Evans" <cppljevans@cox-internet.com> wrote in message news:eejch5$a8t$1@sea.gmane.org...
On 09/05/2006 08:36 AM, David Abrahams wrote:
"Andy Little" <andy@servocomm.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
Is it possible to use fusion to do a compile time matrix?
Not directly, but there are at least two good ways to build one on top of fusion:
1. use a fusion vector of fusion vectors. 2. use a fusion vector augmented with a row length (assuming it's row-major).
Andy,
It suddenly dawned on me that 1 above seems a pretty simple solution. Is there some reason for not using 1?
Well, Lets assume that you could use one infinitely long sequence. That is slightly simpler (IMO) because it would work exactly the same for any size matrix, iow each could have the same representation, which might be something like: matrix<rows, columns, sequence> which actually is what I am currently going for. I havent tried the alternative., but I suspect that the metaprogramming of it would be more complicated. Ultimately I suppose the interface should be separated from the implementation and it should work for both, however I'm certainly not planning something suitable for a boost review, just something where I can say 'look ma, it works!" if you get my drift :-), but in fact to get a row or a column you will probably need a fusion::View either way at some stage. If I can get to be able to produce a cofactor matrix and the inverse then I reckon I will have succeeded.; -) BTW, if you look at my inner_product.zip example in the Generic Programming section of the vault you will see why it is advantageous to be able to have arbitrary elements, even if they are just meant to stand in for doubles. Also BTW my other aim is following the book I bought called "Quaternions and Rotation sequences A primer with Applications to Orbits Aerospace and Virtual Reality", by Jack B. Kuipers. That might give a clue that my understanding of the subject isnt that advanced ;-) The ultimate aim being to make some sort of virtual reality using my Quan library. That's the dream anyway :-) regards Andy Little