This library provides a C++ statically type-safe linear algebra facade to the Eigen linear algebra library.

Installation

Example of installation commands in Shell:

git clone --depth 1 "https://github.com/FrancoisCarouge/TypedLinearAlgebra"
cmake -S "TypedLinearAlgebra" -B "build"
cmake --build "build" --parallel
sudo cmake --install "build"

Another variation for your CMake infrastructure via fetch content:

include(FetchContent)
 
FetchContent_Declare(
  fcarouge-typed-linear-algebra
  GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/FrancoisCarouge/TypedLinearAlgebra"
  FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS NAMES fcarouge-typed-linear-algebra)
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(fcarouge-typed-linear-algebra)
 
target_link_libraries(your_target PRIVATE fcarouge-typed-linear-algebra::linalg)

For more, see installation instructions.

Reference

Class Typed Matrix

Strongly typed matrix. Compose a linear algebra backend matrix into a typed matrix. Row and column indexes provide each element's index type.

Also documented in the fcarouge/typed_linear_algebra.hpp header.

Declaration

template <typename Matrix, typename RowIndexes, typename ColumnIndexes>

class typed_matrix

Template Parameters

Template Parameter	Definition
`Matrix`	The underlying linear algebra matrix.
`RowIndexes`	The tuple type of the row indexes.
`ColumnIndexes`	The tuple type of the row indexes.

Member Types

Member Type	Definition
`underlying`	The type of the element's underlying storage.
`row_indexes`	The tuple with the row components of the indexes.
`column_indexes`	The tuple with the column components of the indexes.
`element<i, j>`	The type of the element at the given matrix indexes position.

Member Functions

Member Function	Definition
`(default constructor)`	Construct a default typed matrix.
`(default copy constructor)`	Copy construct the typed matrix.
`(default copy assignment operator)`	Copy assign a typed matrix.
`(default move constructor)`	Move construct a typed matrix.
`(default move assignment operator)`	Move construct a typed matrix.
`(conversion copy constructor)`	Copy construct the typed matrix from another typed matrix with a compatible underlying matrix or from a compatible underlying matrix.
`(conversion copy constructor)`	Copy construct the typed column-vector from a parameter pack or C-style array.
`(conversion copy constructor)`	Copy construct the typed row-vector from a parameter pack or C-style array.
`(conversion copy constructor)`	Copy construct the typed singletin matrix from the sole element.
`operator[i, j]`	Access the specified element.
`operator(i, j)`	Access the specified element.
`at<i, j>()`	Access the specified element.
`(conversion operator)`	Access the singleton element.
`(destructor)`	Destruct a default typed matrix.

Structure Element Caster

Typed matrix element conversions customization point. Specialize this template to allow conversion of element's type and underlying type.

template <typename To, typename From> struct element_caster

Aliases

template <typename Matrix, typename... ColumnIndexes>
typed_row_vector;
 
template <typename Matrix, typename... RowIndexes>
typed_column_vector;

Format

A specialization of the standard formatter is provided for the typed matrix. Use std::format to store a formatted representation of the matrix. Standard format parameters to be supported.

Considerations

Lessons Learned

Type safety cannot be guaranteed at compilation time without index safety. The indexes can either be non-type template parameters or strong types overloadings. Converting a runtime index to a dependent template type is not possible in C++. A proxy reference could be used to allow traditional assignment syntax but the runtime check and extra indirection are not interesting tradeoffs. A template call operator can be used for getting a type safe value but impractical syntax for setting. Without index safety, the accepted tradeoff is a templated index at<i, j>() method.

Performance

Projects

The library is used in projects:

Kalman: A Kalman filter library.

Your project link here!

Resources

Third Party Acknowledgement

The library is designed, developed, and tested with the help of third-party tools and services acknowledged and thanked here:

actions-gh-pages to upload the documentation to GitHub pages.
Clang for compilation and code sanitizers.
CMake for build automation.
cmakelang for pretty CMake list files.
cppcheck for static analysis.
Doxygen for documentation generation.
Doxygen Awesome for pretty documentation.
Eigen for linear algebra.
GCC for compilation and code sanitizers.
lcov to process coverage information.
mp-units the quantities and units library for C++.
MSVC for compilation and code sanitizers.
Valgrind to check for correct memory management.

Continuous Integration & Deployment Actions

License

TypedLinearAlgebra is public domain:

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.

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