Rectangular multidimensional arrays for D

[Laeeth Isharc via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 22:41:06 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> What's the reason Kenji's pull isn't merged yet? As I see it, 
> it does
> not introduce any problematic areas, but streamlines 
> multidimensional
> indexing notation in a nice way that fits in well with the rest 
> of the
> language. I, for one, would push for it to be merged.
>
> In any case, I've seen your multidimensional array 
> implementation
> before, and I think it would be a good thing to have it in 
> Phobos. In
> fact, I've written my own as well, and IIRC one or two other 
> people have
> done the same. Clearly, the demand is there.
>
> See also the thread about std.linalg; I think before we can 
> even talk
> about having linear algebra code in Phobos, we need a 
> solidly-designed
> rectangular array API. As I said in that other thread, matrix 
> algebra
> really should be built on top of a solid rectangular array API, 
> and not
> be yet another separate kind of type that's similar to, but 
> incompatible
> with rectangular arrays. A wrapper type can be used to make a
> rectangular array behave in the linear algebra sense (i.e. 
> matrix
> product instead of per-element multiplication).


Hi.

I wondered how things were developing with the rectangular arrays 
(not sure who is in charge of reviewing, but I guess it is not HS 
Teoh).  It would be interesting to see this being available for 
D, and I agree with others that it is one of the key foundation 
blocks one would need to see in place before many other useful 
libraries can be built on top.

Let me know if anything I can help with (although cannot promise 
to have time, I will try).


Laeeth.