[Help-gsl] Re: gsl c++ wrapper ?

[Rodney Sparapani]

John D Lamb wrote:
> I’ve written some wrappers for GSL matrices and vectors and might can
> help if someone has a suitable project.
>
> While Rodney is right that there are some issues with creating a
> practical OO interface, C++ is not the same as OO and OO is not the same
> as operator overloading (assuming OO means object orientation).

I was talking about both OO and operator overloading.

> Another approach to wrapping GSL functions for C++ is to use shared
> pointers, namespaces and exceptions. Typically I might create a class
> gsl::vector that is an extended shared pointer and whose member
> functions look much like the original functions. The main benefit is not
> having to deallocate memory explicitly and only once. 

Well, it seems like there is plenty of interest.  We should all work 
together and create an add-on.  We can call it GSL++.  I'm in the
process of working on my PhD which will mean that I'll have an
ample opportunity to use it.  However, I strongly recommend that
the test-bed be integral rather than an after-thought.  For each
feature, there should be a corresponding check.  I don't really
understand dejaGNU/etc. so I can't contribute much to this aspect.

Rodney