[GiNaC-devel] function classes
Jens Vollinga
vollinga at physik.uni-wuppertal.de
Thu Apr 13 16:29:02 CEST 2006
Hi,
a long time ago I posted on this list an idea about function classes.
Finally I some working code to demonstrate this idea (patch for HEAD
attached). Apart for some minor issues maybe this code might well go
into CVS, I think. But before spoiling the ginac code base, I'd like to
ask for opinions or suggestions from the other developers.
Things I don't like too much about it are:
- function classes have to follow a naming scheme like sin_function,
cos_function, etc. Reasons to have such a naming scheme: 1. cmath puts
its functions mercilessly into the global namespace. 2. function names
and function method names must not be the same. This is important for
conjugate for example. 3. To avoid problems with the built-in global
ginac functions with numeric arguments.
- in order to make input_parser work, there has to be a look-up between
function names and some kind of factory. This kind of reproduces the old
function system within the new function class system (the patch (ab)uses
class_info mechanism to save these information).
I am currently not sure whether it is worth introducing this new
function system because of the problems mentioned above, the code
incompatibility it introduces and maybe some other disadvantages not
foreseen by me.
Regards,
Jens
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