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Gael Guennebaud
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@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@ namespace Eigen {
/** \class Ref
* \ingroup Core_Module
*
* \brief A matrix or vector expression mapping an existing expressions
* \brief A matrix or vector expression mapping an existing expression
*
* \tparam PlainObjectType the equivalent matrix type of the mapped data
* \tparam Options specifies whether the pointer is \c #Aligned, or \c #Unaligned.
* The default is \c #Unaligned.
* \tparam StrideType optionally specifies strides. By default, Ref implies a contiguous storage along the inner dimension (inner stride==1),
* but accept a variable outer stride (leading dimension).
* but accepts a variable outer stride (leading dimension).
* This can be overridden by specifying strides.
* The type passed here must be a specialization of the Stride template, see examples below.
*
* This class permits to write non template functions taking Eigen's object as parameters while limiting the number of copies.
* This class provides a way to write non-template functions taking Eigen objects as parameters while limiting the number of copies.
* A Ref<> object can represent either a const expression or a l-value:
* \code
* // in-out argument:
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ namespace Eigen {
* void foo2(const Ref<const VectorXf>& x);
* \endcode
*
* In the in-out case, the input argument must satisfies the constraints of the actual Ref<> type, otherwise a compilation issue will be triggered.
* In the in-out case, the input argument must satisfy the constraints of the actual Ref<> type, otherwise a compilation issue will be triggered.
* By default, a Ref<VectorXf> can reference any dense vector expression of float having a contiguous memory layout.
* Likewise, a Ref<MatrixXf> can reference any column major dense matrix expression of float whose column's elements are contiguously stored with
* the possibility to have a constant space inbetween each column, i.e.: the inner stride mmust be equal to 1, but the outer-stride (or leading dimension),
* Likewise, a Ref<MatrixXf> can reference any column-major dense matrix expression of float whose column's elements are contiguously stored with
* the possibility to have a constant space in-between each column, i.e. the inner stride must be equal to 1, but the outer stride (or leading dimension)
* can be greater than the number of rows.
*
* In the const case, if the input expression does not match the above requirement, then it is evaluated into a temporary before being passed to the function.
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@ namespace Eigen {
* foo2(A.col().segment(2,4)); // No temporary
* \endcode
*
* The range of inputs that can be referenced without temporary can be enlarged using the last two template parameter.
* The range of inputs that can be referenced without temporary can be enlarged using the last two template parameters.
* Here is an example accepting an innerstride!=1:
* \code
* // in-out argument:
* void foo3(Ref<VectorXf,0,InnerStride<> > x);
* foo3(A.row()); // OK
* \endcode
* The downside here is that the function foo3 might be significantly slower than foo1 because it won't be able to exploit vectorization, and will involved more
* expensive address computations even if the input is contiguously stored in memory. To overcome this issue, one might propose to overloads internally calling a
* The downside here is that the function foo3 might be significantly slower than foo1 because it won't be able to exploit vectorization, and will involve more
* expensive address computations even if the input is contiguously stored in memory. To overcome this issue, one might propose to overload internally calling a
* template function, e.g.:
* \code
* // in the .h: