From: Anders Edin (anders.edin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-11 12:18:32
Hello, I have a short suggestion about the interface for multi_array.
It is possible to query a multi_array<T,N> for information about the storage:
// queries
...
const size_type* shape() const;
const index* strides() const;
const index* index_bases() const;
...
It appears multi_array uses a boost::array internally to store this
information, and uses the data() method to return a pointer in the above
methods. Wouldn't it be better to return a reference to the array directly:
// queries
...
const array<size_type, N>& shape() const;
const array<index, N>& strides() const;
const array<index, N>& index_bases() const;
...
With this interface the information about the number of elements of shapes and
strides is not lost during the query.
-- Anders Edin, Sidec Technologies AB Fogdevreten 2A, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +46850884525, Fax: +46850884522