Re: [boost] generict container for structure of arrays

From: vicente.botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-24 12:53:07

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bradford, Chase" <CHASE.BRADFORD_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 1:20 AM
Subject: [boost] generict container for structure of arrays

> Over the past few months, I've worked on a generalized
> structure-of-arrays for use in
>
> various scientific applications, and wanted to know if any Boostees had
> an interest
>
> in that sort of container.
>
>
>
> The library's main goals are
>
> 1) Optimized storage by allowing dynamic addition/removal of fields.
>
> 2) General performance help (cache coherency, vector processing, etc.)
>
> 3) Enabling the use of many types in a single SOA.
>
> 4) Provide an interface similar other STL containers
>
> 5) Type safety (of course)
>
>
>
> The library is similar to a tuple of vectors, except all vectors are
> forced to have the
>
> same size, and the members of the tuple aren't fixed.  Internally, the
> data is stored
>
> as vectors for each field, but there's also an interface for getting a
> slice of the data.

Hi,

could you give more precisse information. I'm unable to understand what is 
the goal of your library.

Best,

Vicente