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On 1 f=E9v, 07:55, Niklas Holsti <niklas.hol...@tidorum.invalid> wrote:
> Another solution -- which perhaps you have considered -- is to use a
> generic package to define row and matrix types:
>
> =A0 =A0 generic Size : Positive;
> =A0 =A0 package Matrices
> =A0 =A0 is
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0type Row is array (1 .. Size) of Float;
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0type Matrix is array (1 .. Size) of Row;
> =A0 =A0 end Matrices;
>
> However, this will probably force some other parts of your code to
> become generic, too, parametrized either by a Size, or by an instance of
> Matrices.
I was just thinking while I was reading you : if he use generics, then
the generic package should define two matrix types, one for source
matrix and one for result matrix of some matrix functions (which
returns matrix with reversed dimensions). One Matrix(X,Y) and one
Matrix(Y,X)