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- Subject: Re: [eigen] Eigen appears to rock.
- From: "Thomas Vaughan" <tevaughan@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:11:28 -0600
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On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 8:37 AM, <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 100% agree with Gael.
Oh, well. :^)
> Another argument against Point is that it means more types hence more
> code instantiated for the same thing.
I think that it is not for the same thing.
> For example, the Point+Vector addition is exactly the same as
> Vector+Vector, so let's not make it generate the same code a second
> time.
The fact that Point+Vector returns Point is actually an important
difference, because the returned Point transforms differently from the
Vector, and the Point has a much smaller and different interface of
allowed operations.
By using classes like these in my own code, it has actually helped me to
clarify thoughts in my own mind (and, I think, to keep my code more
readable).
> I didn't realize that this method was called affine(). Why? To me, the
> whole 4x4 matrix is an affine transformation (which means linear
> transformation combined with translation) and the topleft 3x3 block is
> the _linear_ part. So, how about renaming affine() to linear() ?
I agree completely. I suggested the same thing in my other message.
You guys are great to talk to. Thanks for giving me some time.
--
Thomas E. Vaughan
There are only two kinds of people; those who accept dogma and know it,
and those who accept dogma and don't know it. - G.K. Chesterton