Re: [boost] GIL - Generic Image Library Review - Begins October 5

From: Andy Little (andy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-12 02:27:57

"Lubomir Bourdev" <lbourdev_at_[hidden]> wrote in message <...>

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> To do fast color conversion some systems may want to perform color
> conversion on multiple pixels simultaneously. This necessitates defining
> pixel iterators, the associated iterator traits...

Here IMO is the problem. Elsewhere you say that a pixel is exactly equivalent to
a Colour, but what would a colour iterator be?.

Quote from the  GIL design guide:

"A pixel is a set of channels defining the color at a given point in an image."

There is more than just colour  to a pixel AFAIKS.

regards
Andy Little