Re: [Boost-users] question about multi_array use

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] question about multi_array use
From: Anton Daneyko (self_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-07 16:04:03

Hello,

I might be wrong, but it seems the answer is "no you can't do that", because
the dimensionality is a template parameter multi_array<int, 2> and
multi_array<int, 3> are different types. However I would like to hear some
else' opinion as well.

Regards,
Anton Daneyko.

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Alle Meije Wink <a.m.wink_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I would like to use the multi_array container to handle imaging data. The
> image data can be anything up to 8-dimensional (usually up to 4) and
> dimension information is found in records that accompany the binary data.
>
> Would it be possible to create an image class that takes the dimensionality
> and extents list as parameters, so that images of all dimensionalities can
> be treated as one class?
>
> For example, could the dimensionality be passed as a size_t argument?
>
> What I understand from the multi_array paper is that the extents list would
> only be required whan the array is initialised.
>
> Best wishes
> Alle Meije
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