From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
Subject: Re: Is ther any sense in *= and matrices?
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 17:17:50 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2003-06-05T17:17:50+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnbduupg.a0c.randhol+abuse@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: bbnrot$ba59c$1@ID-175126.news.dfncis.de
Vinzent Hoefler wrote:
>
> Let's take an extreme example and suppose I have an integer type
> defined only for range 0 .. 1. So writing a += would only make sense
> for the "special" case that at least one of the operands is zero, not
> for the general case, because then the result doesn't fit into the
> original operand. But I wouldn't say, writing such a function wouldn't
> make sense at all... ;)
>
> In the matrix case it's just that you can't write a *= that works for
> the more general case. Simple as that. I really wouldn't see a problem
> with that.
Well I don't see the point the *= syntax sugar either ;-)
--
Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/
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2003-06-05 10:45 Is ther any sense in *= and matrices? Preben Randhol
2003-06-05 11:13 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-06-05 11:28 ` Preben Randhol
2003-06-05 11:53 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-06-05 15:27 ` Preben Randhol
2003-06-05 15:40 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-06-05 15:47 ` Preben Randhol
2003-06-05 16:38 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-06-05 17:16 ` Preben Randhol
2003-06-05 17:17 ` Preben Randhol [this message]
2003-06-05 17:59 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-06-07 19:38 ` Russ
2003-06-08 6:46 ` John R. Strohm
2003-06-08 18:51 ` Russ
2003-06-08 20:52 ` tmoran
2003-06-09 4:24 ` Russ
2003-06-09 5:13 ` John R. Strohm
2003-06-10 9:38 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2003-06-10 16:11 ` Wesley Groleau
2003-06-10 19:24 ` Ole Kristensen
2003-06-10 18:33 ` Russ
2003-06-10 23:16 ` John R. Strohm
2003-06-09 6:58 ` tmoran
2003-06-08 22:23 ` John R. Strohm
2003-06-09 6:06 ` Russ
2003-06-09 10:06 ` Mango Jones
2003-06-08 22:56 ` Bobby D. Bryant
2003-06-09 4:27 ` Russ
2003-06-09 5:17 ` John R. Strohm
2003-06-09 14:53 ` Bobby D. Bryant
2003-06-09 17:46 ` Russ
2003-06-10 9:57 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2003-06-05 12:33 ` John R. Strohm
2003-06-05 19:25 ` Wesley Groleau
2003-06-05 20:17 ` David C. Hoos
2003-06-05 20:52 ` Wesley Groleau
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2003-06-10 19:00 tmoran
2003-06-10 19:37 ` Ole Kristensen
2003-06-10 19:37 ` Ole Kristensen
2003-06-10 19:48 ` Ole Kristensen
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