Re: Interdependent classes
MathStuf wrote:
I am making a neural network where a layer keeps track of its parent
and child through the ctor. However, I have hit a snag on how to
initialize them in the wrapper class. In the wrapper class, I have an
pointer to a pointer of Layers. Then I malloc space for each. How do I
assign the parent/child relationship from this? I am thinking
something like this:
layers = (Layer **)malloc(numLayers * sizeof(Layer *));
for (int i = 0; i < numLayers; ++i)
layers[i] = (Layer *)malloc(sizeof(Layer));
layers[0] = &Layer(NULL, layers[1], numNodes[0]);
for (int i = 1; i < numLayers - 1; ++i)
layers[i] = &Layer(layers[i - 1], layers[i + 1], numNodes[i]);
layers[i] = &Layer(layers[i - 1], NULL, numNodes[i]);
Only, I don't think that this is legal due to the temporary instances
of Layer. Any ideas on how to get this to work?
I can't tell what you're trying to do.
Maybe this:
Layer * layers = (Layer *) malloc(numLayers * sizeof(Layer));
new (layers +0) Layer(NULL, layers+0, numNodes[0]);
for (int i = 1; i < numLayers - 1; ++i) {
new (layers + i) Layer(layers+i-1, layers+i+1, numNodes[i]);
}
new (layers + i) Layer(layers[i - 1], NULL, numNodes[i]);
.... remember to destruct everything - in reverse.
layers[numLayers - 1].~Layer();
for (int i = numLayers - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
layers[i].~Layer();
}
free(layers);
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