Re: core in value_core and reference_core

Subject: Re: core in value_core and reference_core
From: Christian Henning (chhenning_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-02-28 19:39:33

I think "core" just means gil only without any extensions. I might be
wrong...

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 2:37 PM Mateusz Łoskot <mateusz_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In two legacy tests, channel.cpp [1] and pixel.cpp [2], there are so called
> 'core' classes defined, with this comment in [1]:
>
> "// Different core classes depending on the different types of..." [1]
>
> I'm (as not a native speaker) not clear what is the semantic of the word
> 'core'.
> Is this the same as test fixture? Or, an archetype, prime example, a mold?
>
> I have a feeling that provenance of the 'core' name is historic like in
> 'core
> dump' [3]. There must be a good reason why the original GIL authors chose
> to use
> 'core' in those classes.
>
>
> [1] https://github.com/boostorg/gil/blob/develop/test/legacy/channel.cpp
> [2] https://github.com/boostorg/gil/blob/develop/test/legacy/pixel.cpp
> [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_dump
>
> Best regards,
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> Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
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