Re: [boost] [GIL] integration between boost libraries (gil / multiarray)

Subject: Re: [boost] [GIL] integration between boost libraries (gil / multiarray)
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-21 20:49:00

At Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:37:59 -1000,
Christian Henning wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> >
> > If GIL is truly a generic library (I am not familiar with it), it
> > should be possible to make your own types (and MultiArrays) model its
> > concepts, and use all these kinds of algorithms.
> 
> Gil is concept based.

That doesn't necessarily make it generic :-0

In C++ sans-concept-support, it's easy to define concepts that aren't
amenable to post-hoc mapping

(definition:http://cpp-next.com/archive/2009/11/three-kinds-of-concept-maps/).

-- 
Dave Abrahams
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