On May 23, 2007, at 10:03 AM, Paul A Bristow wrote:
1 It seems nice to be able to create a one-stop visualisation of a container, for example:
std::vector<double> my_data_structure; // fill with my data...
my-graph << my_data_structure; //
But should the myriad of graph plotting *options* be set using operator <<
allowing them to be chained together thus
my_graph << line_color(black) << point_color(blue) << x_range(-10, 10) << y_range(0, 5)...;
as suggested by John Maddock (who has a most irritating habit of being right ;-)
I'd be for this approach. Later you may want to have option containers and the options set explicitely override the corresponding ones in the container. You can further evolve the container into a full-blown cascading stylesheet management. [this maybe what property tree is for, I haven't looked into it yet] By choosing this route you can progress incrementally and add functionality as you go (either as part of the SoC project or later). Regards, Maurizio