Re: [boost] interest on a geometry library

From: rodolfo_at_[hidden]
Date: 2006-03-17 17:29:58

On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 11:08:37PM +0100, Janek Kozicki wrote:
> rodolfo_at_[hidden] said:     (by the date of Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:35:40 -0300)
> 
> >  pt.x = 6.0;
> >  pt.y = 3;
> > 
> >  or
> > 
> >   pt[0] = 6.0;
> >   pt[1] = 4;
> 
> you can have both of them:
> 
> 	union
> 	{
> 		struct { Type x,y,z; };
> 		Type v[3];
>  	};
> 
> that's what I used for my small vector3d (and vector2d, quaternion, matrix3) library.

The problem with this approach is that Type cannot have constructors
or destructors to get into an union. That's a little too restrictive, I
think.

> Currently I'm dragging everywhere my library, and I use it in a lot of
> different projects. Anyway if you are interesed in that 3d stuff let me
> know, and I'll start a code cleanup to eventually submit it to boost :)

That's exactly why I'm looking forward this geometry library :)

Thanks,
Rodolfo Lima.

                
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