On Tuesday, 19 November 2013 at 02:03:05 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
On 11/18/13 5:44 PM, Craig Dillabaugh wrote:
The complex type in std.complex restricts the real/imaginary
parts of the number to be float/double/real. I am curious to
know if there is a reason why integral types are not
permitted. I
checked the C++ equivalent and it does not have the same
requirement.
I mention this because some of my work is done with radar
satellite images. All pixels in such an images are stored as
complex numbers, but in all cases I am aware of they are
stored a
short int values. Most software that operates on the images
uses
complex<short> (most of it is C++).
Is there any reason why complex numbers in D's standard lib
must
be of non-integral types? I believe in C++ the type is
optimized
for floating point values, but allows other types.
The simple reason is we couldn't find appropriate applications.
If you make a good argument, we'll include integral types as
well. Submit an enhancement request on bugzilla including your
example and let's take it from there.
Andrei
I will see if I can put something together.
Regards,
Craig
