Re: [Boost-Users] [BGL] How to change the type of vertex_descriptor??

From: Jeremy Siek (jsiek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-25 11:20:08

Hi Erik,

On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Erik Arner wrote:
yg-boo>
yg-boo> Now, the default vertex_descriptor seems to be unsigned int. How
yg-boo> do I change this to int? Also, where (in which file) is the
yg-boo> default set?

You can't change the type of the vertex_descriptor. You really should not
even care what the type is, think of it as an opaque handle. If you need
to associate an int with every vertex, add an internal vertex property.

yg-boo> On another note: the online reference manual is pretty good in my
yg-boo> opinion, but it's hard to get a real overview of the contents. It
yg-boo> also lacks an index, making it hard to look up questions like the
yg-boo> one above. Is the book any better in this respect? Any other
yg-boo> references worth looking up - books or webpages?

Yes, buy my book! :)

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Cheers,
Jeremy

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