Re: [Boost-users] [GIL] gray pixel iterator in generic algorithm

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [GIL] gray pixel iterator in generic algorithm
From: Lubomir Bourdev (lbourdev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-17 17:03:26

On Feb 17, 2011, at 2:01 PM, Lubomir Bourdev wrote:

> Hi Curtis,
> 
> A GIL image is a container of pixels. It allocates and deallocates the pixels. As such it doesn't make sense to create a container type whose elements are constant.
> Instead of images you should try to pass to your containers image views. You can get a constant and a mutable view of a given image.
> 

I meant to say, pass to your _algorithms_ image views.

> If you want a constant reference to an image, you can use "const gray_float_image_t&"
> 
> Lubomir