Designing a matrix library for D

[bearophile via Digitalmars-d]

H. S. Teoh:

> The key to success, then, lies in how we design the generic 
> matrix API. If we do it right, then it should be easy to
> implement features like compile-time size verifications,
> etc.. Otherwise it can be very painful.

One point of my post was to see if it could be useful to extend 
and improve the current D type system. Apparently you are saying 
this is not needed for efficiency reasons (but perhaps some type 
system improvements could be useful to reduce template bloat with 
the usage of this matrix library. The idea is to perform the 
compile-time tests of the sizes, and then remove such types in 
most cases, avoiding the template bloat. There are manual ways to 
do this, but here it's better to receive help from the type 
system).

Bye,
bearophile