Re: [boost] Interest in algorithm for arithmetic mean of integers

Subject: Re: [boost] Interest in algorithm for arithmetic mean of integers
From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-09-17 10:13:53

On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Matt Calabrese <rivorus_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>
> Anyway, it seems like there's interest so I'll try to release it. What
> exactly is the review process for adding algorithms, or is it still
> somewhat informal?
>
> The algorithm should be able to be adapted to introduce weights. It would
> work very similarly, only when advancing the state, it would be based on
> the weight rather than always effectively using (D+1). Similarly, the
> denominator would no longer always exactly match the number of elements,
> but instead it would always match the sum of the weights that were
> encountered. I haven't implemented this weighted variation, but it
> shouldn't be too much of a change.
>
>
Yes, it's pretty informal.

You need to convince the library maintainer (me :-)) that it's interesting
and that people would use it.  I don't think that's going to be too much of
a problem.

What I would suggest is that you make a pull request, and then post the URL
here, and encourage people to comment/review the code that way.

-- Marshall

 P.S.    Sorry for the slow response.