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Glas :Re: [glas] value_type |
From: Matthias Troyer (troyer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-03 14:44:57
On Oct 3, 2005, at 12:39 PM, Karl Meerbergen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We now have started the development of some functions for vectors
> since
> a few weeks. All of them rely on the fact that the value_type's are
> numerical value types (NumericValue concept). In the first document
> about GLAS we supposed that vectors and matrices only contain
> numerical
> values. I recall vague suggestions on the mailing list on expanding
> the
> value_type to other than float, double, std::complex<float>,
> std::complex<double>.
>
> Before continuing with any more new algorithms, it might be good to
> know
> which other value_type's should be supported.
We need to use matrices and vectors of symbolic expressions in some
of our applications, and it would thus be important that not only
numeric values but any value could be supported. Why should there be
a restriction to floating point and complex types only?
Matthias