Geometry Boost List: Re: [geometry] extensions

Subject: Re: [geometry] extensions
From: Barend Gehrels (barend_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-01-18 16:46:14

Hi Kris,

> I'm happy to anounce, that it works, set up as stated above, and I'll 
> share my experience below ;-) My current setup is geometry from trunk 
> 76449, boost-1.48, mingw-gcc-4.5.0.

Cool!

>
>
> As you can see, I used detail::base_v_fi.

Yep, that is a detail... It is quite long ago that I worked on this, 
have to get used to it again.

> It would be nice, if something like this was in the public interface, 
> so that it is possible to create a type-erased projection without 
> using the whole factory. Or maybe there is an easy a way to do this?
>
> Something like:
> template < class Proj,class Par >
> detail::base_v_fi<Proj,...,Par>* make_new_projection( Par const& par );
>
> It should be fairly easy to implement such a function, and I am 
> willing to do it, if you guys think it's a good idea ;-)

Yes, this sounds as a good idea! I will look into more detail to this 
(hope doing it soon - more and more things come on the list last days)

>
> Anyhow, Boost.Geometry rocks! I have only tried using a small part and 
> I love it ;-)

That is great to hear! Thanks!

Regards, Barend