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QVM: Quaternions, Vectors, Matrices

Vector Operations

#include <boost/qvm/vec_operations.hpp>

namespace boost
{
    namespace qvm
    {
        //*** Vector operations ***
        
        //Only enabled if:
        //  is_vec<A>::value && is_vec<B>::value &&
        //  vec_traits<A>::dim==vec_traits<B>::dim
        template <class A,class B>
        A & assign( A & a, B const & b );        
        
        //Only enabled if:
        //  is_vec<R>::value && is_vec<A>::value &&
        //  vec_traits<R>::dim==vec_traits<A>::dim
        template <class R,class A>
        R convert_to( A const & a );        
        
        //Only enabled if:
        //  is_vec<A>::value && is_vec<B>::value &&
        //  vec_traits<A>::dim==vec_traits<B>::dim
        template <class A,class B>
        A & operator-=( A & a, B const & b );        
        
        //Only enabled if: is_vec<A>::value
        template <class A>
        typename deduce_vec<A>::type
        operator-( A const & a );        
        
        //Only enabled if:
        //  is_vec<A>::value && is_vec<B>::value &&
        //  vec_traits<A>::dim==vec_traits<B>::dim
        template <class A,class B>
        typename deduce_vec2<A,B,vec_traits<A>::dim>::type
        operator-( A const & a, B const & b );        
        
        //Only enabled if:
        //  is_vec<A>::value && is_vec<B>::value &&
        //  vec_traits<A>::dim==vec_traits<B>::dim
        template <class A,class B>
        A & operator+=( A & a, B const & b );        
        
        //Only enabled if:
        //  is_vec<A>::value && is_vec<B>::value &&
        //  vec_traits<A>::dim==vec_traits<B>::dim
        template <class A,class B>
        typename deduce_vec2<A,B,vec_traits<A>::dim>::type
        operator+( A const & a, B const & b );        
        
        //Only enabled if: is_vec<A>::value && is_scalar<B>::value
        template <class A,class B>
        A & operator/=( A & a, B b );        
        
        //Only enabled if: is_vec<A>::value && is_scalar<B>::value
        template <class A,class B>
        typename deduce_vec<A>::type
        operator/( A const & a, B b );        
        
        //Only enabled if: is_vec<A>::value && is_scalar<B>::value
        template <class A,class B>
        A & operator*=( A & a, B b );        
        
        //Only enabled if: is_vec<A>::value && is_scalar<B>::value
        template <class A>
        typename deduce_vec<A>::type
        operator*( A const & a, B b );        
        
        //Only enabled if: is_scalar<A>::value && is_vec<B>::value
        template <class A>
        typename deduce_vec<B>::type
        operator*( A a, B const & b );        
        
        //Only enabled if:
        //  is_vec<A>::value && is_vec<B>::value &&
        //  vec_traits<A>::dim==vec_traits<B>::dim
        template <class A,class B>
        bool operator==( A const & a, B const & b );        
        
        //Only enabled if:
        //  is_vec<A>::value && is_vec<B>::value &&
        //  vec_traits<A>::dim==vec_traits<B>::dim
        template <class A,class B>
        bool operator!=( A const & a, B const & b );        
        
        //Only enabled if:
        //  is_vec<A>::value && is_vec<B>::value &&
        //  vec_traits<A>::dim==vec_traits<B>::dim
        template <class A,class B,class Cmp>
        bool cmp( A const & a, B const & b, Cmp pred );        
        
        //Only enabled if:
        //  is_vec<A>::value
        template <class A>
        typename vec_traits<A>::scalar_type
        mag_sqr( A const & a );        
        
        //Only enabled if:
        //  is_vec<A>::value
        template <class A>
        typename vec_traits<A>::scalar_type
        mag( A const & a );        
        
        //Only enabled if:
        //  is_vec<A>::value
        template <class A>
        typename deduce_vec<A>::type
        normalized( A const & a );        
        
        //Only enabled if:
        //  is_vec<A>::value
        template <class A>
        void normalize( A & a );        
        
        //Only enabled if:
        //  is_vec<A>::value && is_vec<B>::value &&
        //  vec_traits<A>::dim==vec_traits<B>::dim
        template <class A,class B>
        typename deduce_scalar<A,B>::type
        dot( A const & a, B const & b );        
        
        //Only enabled if:
        //  is_vec<A>::value && is_vec<B>::value &&
        //  vec_traits<A>::dim==3 && vec_traits<B>::dim==3
        template <class A,class B>
        typename deduce_vec2<A,B,3>::type
        cross( A const & a, B const & b );        
        
        template <class T,int S>
        -unspecified-return-type- zero_vec();        
        
        //Only enabled if:
        //  is_vec<A>::value
        template <class A>
        void set_zero( A & a );        
        
        //Only enabled if: is_vec<A>::value
        template <class A>
        -unspecified-return-type- vref( A & a );        
        
        //Only enabled if: is_vec<A>::value
        template <class Scalar,class A>
        -unspecified-return_type- scalar_cast( A const & a );
    }
}

This is a list of all vector operations implemented by Boost QVM -- click on functions for individual documentation. General notes:

  • All functions use SFINAE/enable_if. They are available for any C++ type but only if it has been registered through the vec_traits template.
  • When objects are returned by value their type is deduced either by the deduce_vec template (for unary functions) or the deduce_vec2 template (for binary functions).
  • The type of scalar arguments is deduced independently from the type of the vector argument, so they are not required to match. Scalar arguments must convert implicitly to the vector scalar type.

See also: Boost QVM | Synopsis