Can I request 2 types, one for dense (complete) matricies and another for sparse matricies? This suggests to me that a library of matrix operations should be a set of classes that allow instances to be declared for different implementations. Keean. John Meacham wrote:
A standard matrix representation in the libraries would be nice. (not necessarily all matrix operations, but a representation/type so different peoples matrix libraries can play nice with each other) I was thinking something like a general matrix type, which a class for things that can be converted too it, and another class with a partial function for converting the general matricies to specific implementation versions. (so that one can write a library only for square matricies for instance and still use the general conversion routines) But I am sure others have given this more thought... John