Re: [eigen] Eigen with Boost::smart_ptr

[Rohit Garg <rpg.314@xxxxxxxxx>]

Holding a smart_ptr to a matrix should be fine.

On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 2:30 AM, Sathishkumar Duraisamy
<flowerslab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Jim Bosch <talljimbo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 11/08/2011 08:44 AM, Christoph Hertzberg wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 08.11.2011 13:07, Sathishkumar Duraisamy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I am in some kind of signal processing application. To manage and
>>>> manipulate data, I have been using Eigen Matrix.
>>>>
>>>> Can you please give me some recommendation for using pointers for
>>>> dynamically allocated eigen matrix?
>>>
>>> I guess you need to be a bit more specific for that ...
>>> Maybe you don't need to dynamically allocate your matrices at all, since
>>> Eigen::MatrixXd already dynamically allocate their memory.
>
> Thanks for pointing me, "why need to dynamically allocate?".  This
> helps me change the model.
>
> As per the present model, I have  a class called ADC driver class
> which actually fills the row matrix  and send to another class called
> rawsamples that holds these matrices.  Now I have been changing the
> model in which ADC class requests the matrices to be filled from the
> rawsamples. ( for  reference I have attached some diagrams!)
>
>
>>> Side note: That might actually be a nice feature, having kind-of a
>>> shared matrix, i.e. multiple instances of the same matrix share the same
>>> memory until the matrix is modified, in which case it allocates new
>>> memory (unless of course it is the last instance using that memory).
>>>
>>
>> I've actually been working on shared Eigen matrices as part of an Eigen
>> interface to another project, and I'd be happy to contribute code to that
>> effect, but it's not as straightforward as one might expect.  For instance,
>> when one gets a block of a shared matrix, does the block share memory with
>> the original?  That would make it a lot harder for the compiler to optimize
>> away the block, but it would make it a lot more sensible when you want to
>> return the block from a function where the matrix is a local variable.
>>
>>>> Is it possible to use boost::smart_ptr and boost::pointer_container
>>>> with Eigen Matrix. In case, which is good smart_ptr, shared_ptr or
>>>> week ptr?
>>>
>>> I can't see a reason why it is not possible.
>>>
>>> smart_ptr is just the name of the library, isn't it?
>>> W.r.t shared_ptr vs weak_ptr: you can construct weak_ptr only from
>>> shared_ptr, so you need at least one shared_ptr per matrix anyways.
>>> What's better afterwards depends on what you are planning to do.
>>>
>>
>> I agree, and I'd also say that I can think of very few situations in which
>> one would gain anything by using pointer container with Eigen, though it is
>> possible.  Pointer container is mainly intended for holding hierarchies of
>> polymorphic classes.
>>
> As per the first model, I have to manage large no of pointer to
> dynamically allocated matrices. To hold these matrices I planned to
> use pointer container.
>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>
> With thanks,
> Sathishkumar D
> http://flowersopenlab.weebly.com/
>



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