Re: [boost] Request to contribute boost::FFT

Subject: Re: [boost] Request to contribute boost::FFT
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-06-02 17:39:07

On 02/06/13 23:19, Arash Partow wrote:
> On 29/05/2013 8:12 AM, Nathan Bliss wrote:
>  > Dear Boost Community Members,
>  > I am writing to ask if I could contribute a C++ FFT implementation to
>  > the boost library.
>
> An FFT library would be an awesome addition to Boost.
>
> Some commenters have mentioned performance of your library when
> compared to others. I believe that initially performance should be a
> secondary concern over the primary objective which would be a well
> thought-out and designed interface that is extensible with
> provisions for future support of multiple backends (fftw, ipp, cuda,
> opencl et al) and types (float, double, mp, et al).

It's a pure computation function; the interface should just be a couple 
of functions taking pointers.