Re: [eigen] API change proposal

[Keir Mierle <mierle@xxxxxxxxx>]

Personally, I like having pointers for output values because it makes it clear what the function is doing at the callsite. Yes, sometimes a pointer is passed so there is no &, but that is not the common case.

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Markus <grey_earl@xxxxxx> wrote:

Hi all,

I propose to switch the solve() method from LU from the signature
bool solve (const MatrixBase< OtherDerived > & b, ResultType * result) const
to
bool solve (const MatrixBase< OtherDerived > & b, ResultType & result) const

This is
a) more C++-like
b) doesn't shoot with wild pointers.

I'm using 2.0.3, so if this is already in the development branch, forget about
this mail. Opinions?

Greetings,
Markus