The `VecTraits` class allows templated functions, methods, and classes to
treat type arguments uniformly as `Vec` types or to otherwise differentiate
between scalar and vector types. This only works for types that `VecTraits`
is defined for.
The `VecTraits` templated class now has a default implementation that will
be used for any type that does not have a `VecTraits` specialization. This
removes many surprise compiler errors when using a template that, unknown
to you, has `VecTraits` in its implementation.
One potential issue is that if `VecTraits` gets defined for a new type, the
behavior of `VecTraits` could change for that type in backward-incompatible
ways. If `VecTraits` is used in a purely generic way, this should not be an
issue. However, if assumptions were made about the components and length,
this could cause problems.
Fixes#589
HasVecTraits<T> is a template that will resolve to std::true_type if
VecTraits<T> is properly defined and std::false_type otherwise. This is
helpful when defining classes and methods that use VecTraits but you
still want them to compile if VecTraits does not exist.
`vtkm::cont::testing` now initializes with logging enabled and support
for device being passed on the command line, `vtkm::testing` only
enables logging.
Sandia National Laboratories recently changed management from the
Sandia Corporation to the National Technology & Engineering Solutions
of Sandia, LLC (NTESS). The copyright statements need to be updated
accordingly.
These structs behave much like Vec except that they work on a short C
array given to them rather than having the statically sized short array
defined within.
I expect to use this in the short term to help implement cell face
classes, but there are probably many other uses.
There were many tests that created code paths for every base and Vec
type that VTK-m supports (up to 4 components). Although this is
admirable, it is also excessive, and our compile times for the tests are
very long.
To shorten compile times, remove the TryAllTypes method. Replace it with
a version of TryTypes that uses a default list of "exemplar" set of
integers, floats, and Vecs.
Some changes to the Vec class and VecTraits in anticipation of creating
Vec-like objects. The following changes are made:
* Add GetNumberOfComponents to Vec, which returns NUM_COMPONENTS.
* Likewise, all VecTraits have a GetNumberOfComponents method.
* The ToVec method in VecTraits is changed to CopyInto so that it can be
used when the length of the Vec-like is not known. CopyInto is also
added to Vec.
* VecTraits has a typedef named IsSizeStatic which is set to
VecTraitsTagSizeStatic when the number of components is known at compile
time and VecTraitsTagSizeVariable when the number of components is not
known until runtime.
Providing these types tends to "lock in" the precision of the algorithms
used in VTK-m. Since we are using templating anyway, our templates
should be generic enough to handle difference precision in the data.
Usually the appropriate type can be determined by the data provided. In
the case where there is no hint on the precision of data to use (for
example, in the code that provides coordinates for uniform data), there
is a vtkm::FloatDefault.