Re: Template constructors of template classes
Daniel Pitts wrote:
[..]
I basically am trying to create a return value. I'm trying to create a
generic way to apply a binary operation to the components of two
Vectors, and return a third Vector with the results.
Uh... I'm not following. Generic way? Like,
Vector<double,2> result = op<binary>(v1, v2);
, where 'binary' is actually unknown at the time of writing (a template
argument)?
If you've seen my other recent posts, you might gather that Vector is a
creation of my own. I'm trying to do it in such a way that everything
that could be written to be inlined for specific sized vectors could
also be inlined in this generic sized vector.
For instance, I'm hoping that Vector<double, 2> and Vector<double, 15>
both have inlinable "operator+" calls.
I know this is premature optimization, but its more for practicing my
meta-programming skills :-)
Design of templates grows from their use. If you just talk about how
you'd use your templates, you'll really never design them well. You
need to write code that would use those classes. From the use you will
see the necessary interfaces your templates need to provide. Basically
your code should become a set of unit tests for your template classes
and functions.
V
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