Re: [boost] [qvn] Why doesn't QVM use [] or () to access vector and matrix elements?

On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Vicente J. Botet Escriba < vicente.botet@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

Hi,

These operators could be used for views

So instead of

(m, http://zajo.github.io/boost-qvm/operator_mod_rationale.htmlA42) *= 42;

we could have in C++11

ref(m)(4,2) *= 42; ref(m)[4][2) *= 42;

Once you do ref(m) you can have any operator you want for accessing the elements, but that's too inconvenient, and to certain degree against the spirit of the library. In QVM you can multiply m1*m2 regardless of their exact static types, you don't have to do ref(m1)*ref(m2) to get the correct op* to kick in. What problem are we solving with this anyway? What's wrong with: (m,A42) *= 42; Emil