Hi all,
I have fixed MATH-391. Now vectors can be built with 0 length using
several constructors.
There is however one remaining problem, for Field-based vectors (i.e.
ArrayFieldVector). For these vectors, we need to store the field in
addition to the vector components. For example a Fraction Vectors also
stores a reference to FractionField. When a vector is built from a non
empty array, the field can be retrieved from the first element, using
d[0].getField(). Since 0 length vectors are now allowed, I add to create
additional constructors that pass the field as an additional constructor
parameter. This is much cleaner than the previous choice.
Since the field is mainly a compile-time constant for a given program
(people now when they use Fraction or Complex or Dfp), I would like to
deprecate the former constructors in 2.2 and remove them in 3.0. This
means someone building a Fraction vector would use:
Fraction[] data = ...;
ArrayFieldVector<Fraction> vector =
new ArrayFieldVector<Fraction>(FractionField.getInstance(),
data, false);
instead of:
Fraction[] data = ...;
ArrayFieldVector<Fraction> vector =
new ArrayFieldVector<Fraction>(data, false);
which don't work for zero-length.
What do you think about this proposed deprecation ?
Luc
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