Re: [boost] VIGRA - Image processing for boost

From: Ullrich Koethe (u.koethe_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-14 12:31:22

Karl MacMillan wrote:
> 
> >From a quick look at the documentation and examples for this library, it
> looks very interesting! 

Thank you.

> 
> Before considering your library specifically, I would be interested in what
> people think about how image processing algorithms could potentially relate
> to the Matrix classes currently being worked on for boost. 

I think it would be good to have interoperability between the Matrix
classes and image processing operations. However, when I last asked the
Matrix people they didn't seem to be interested in this problem. The
design of a good matrix class was probably enough of a challenge in
itself. 

> Also, it seems
> that it would be helpful to develop a set of multi-dimensional iterator
> categories analogous to the current STL categories to enable a more formal
> separation of the storage of the containers and algorithms. 

I have a formal specification for 2D iterators. The relevant papers are
included in the VIGRA documentation (also available at
http://kogs-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~koethe/papers/GenericProg2DC++Report.ps.gz
and
http://kogs-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~koethe/papers/handbook.ps.gz).
I could readily write a similar specification for the image data
structures.

A more general question is whether iterators are necessary at all.
Virtually all image data structures support random access, so indexing
would be sufficient. What's your opinion?

> I have looked
> close enough to be certain, but it looks like your image containers would
> not be ideal for my needs, but it would certainly be nice to make use of
> some of the algorithms that you have. A more formal specification of the
> container classes could make this simple.
> 

All algorithms take iterators. It is not difficult to write a conforming
iterator (as described in the above papers) for your data structures. In
fact, that's how VIGRA is meant to be used within existing projects.

Regards
Ulli
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