> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:boost-bounces@;lists.boost.org]On Behalf Of Jason D Schmidt > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 9:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [boost] interfaces to numerical functions > > > Hi everyone, > > Awhile ago, I posted a few messages about writing some fast Fourier > transform (FFT) code for Boost. Now, we have a lot of discussion about > numerical integration. If we're going to start writing numerical code > for Boost (and I hope do a lot of it), we should probably come up with > some overall guidelines about their interfaces & performance. Here are > some of my thoughts on those issues; maybe this could start a useful > discussion. >
Jason puts his finger on lots of important problems, some of which have been aired before, but without useful conclusion. Indeed even the simpler question of math functions (and indeed math constants) seemed to get bogged down without any near agreement, and some conflict with C99 function naming like double function(), float functionF(), long double functionL(). I get the impression of a conflict between C 'diehards' and C++ 'purists'. With FFT an extra conflict is between speed and C++ niceness. Some really useful cases using C++ are now looming, for example combining the uBLAS and interval with integration and similar libraries. I feel resolving these conflicts is imost mportant - I hope someone can suggest how. Paul Paul A Bristow, Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8AB UK +44 1539 561830 Mobile +44 7714 33 02 04 Mobile mailto:pabristow@;genie.co.uk mailto:pbristow@;hetp.u-net.com _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
