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Glas :Re: [glas] unallocated fill |
From: Karl Meerbergen (Karl.Meerbergen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-03 08:47:21
Kresimir Fresl wrote:
>Karl Meerbergen wrote:
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>>>Thanks. The free function is fine. I suggested this because it is consistent
>>>with STL, so maybe more familiar.
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>>Consistency with STL is a strong argument though. So, perhaps we should
>>consider it for a dense_vector. For a sparse_vector, it does not make
>>sense, I suppose.
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>>To what extent do we want to be consistent with STL? I suppose the
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>I think that internal consistency is more important. So, if
>sparse_vector does not have initializing constructor, than
>dense_vector should not have it, too. But, it's just my
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>Regards,
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>fres
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I agree with this viewpoint. I suggest that for the time being, we add a
free function
fill( v, value ) ;
If there is a strong request for a constructor, we can still do that for
dense_vector().
Karl