Re: [boost] RFC: runtime-flexible arrays

Subject: Re: [boost] RFC: runtime-flexible arrays
From: Larry Evans (cppljevans_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-02-16 13:46:40

On 02/16/12 12:17, Joel Falcou wrote:
> On 02/16/2012 06:40 PM, Larry Evans wrote:
>> Although it is probably slower if the array us unrotated; if rotation
>> is needed, as in array_dyn.diff_pde.cpp, then it may be faster since,
>> using something like nt2 or multi_array would, AFAICT, require copying
>> the array to a new storage order.
[snip]
> storage order adaptation never trigger copy in NT2, it changes how the
> for loop nest is generated around the computation unless you do :
> 
> a = as_< storage_order_stuff>(b)
> 
> , where the copy is ofc explicit.
> 
> NT2 core primitive is a loop nest generator on which we have some sort
> of control from the user land.
[snip]

Hi Joel,

I've just downloaded nt2 from here:

  http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/project/nt2/nt2/nt2%202.0/nt2_2.0.tar.gz

Are there some examples of this "loop nest generator" that I could look
at to get a better idea of what you mean?

TIA.

-regards,
Larry