Re: [boost] Math tools polynomial enhancements

Subject: Re: [boost] Math tools polynomial enhancements
From: John Maddock (jz.maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-10-29 14:35:05

On 29/10/2015 15:04, Robert Ramey wrote:
> On 10/29/15 3:22 AM, John Maddock wrote:
>>
>> I think there is a place for polynomial manipulation within Boost, but
>> I'm not sure that this class is the best basis.  As we say in the docs,
>> it's a braindead implementation that's good enough for what I needed at
>> the time to implement Boost.Math, but not really suitable for heavy duty
>> polynomial manipulation.
>
> While you're at it, How about a constexpr/tmp version which would do 
> polynomial manipulation at compile time?
>

Interesting idea, what kind of manipulation did you have in mind - 
arithmetic?  Might be possible in C++14 but certainly not in C++11. 
Probably a whole different library actually, since the order would have 
to be a compile time parameter?

John.