Blaze extension

From: Olzhas Zhumabek (anonymous.from.applecity_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-05-14 20:33:21

Hi all!

There is a library called Blaze for linear algebra computations:
https://bitbucket.org/blaze-lib/blaze/src/master/. Some image
processing/computer vision algorithms make heavy use of linalg, so I
thought the extension would be useful. Here is the link to PR:
https://github.com/boostorg/gil/pull/496 .

I'm not certain about the interface, so any feedback would be great! The
CMake build scripts are also in the works, but they are kind of second
priority.

I have a plan for sort of a usability test. Please reply if you are
interested, you will need working GIL and Blaze installation, implement
three simple algorithms using vanilla GIL and Blaze, one of which prefers
GIL, one prefers Blaze, and one is on neither side, then write a few
sentences about each approach for each problem.

Best,
Olzhas