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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 03:38:19PM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> It would be useful to have an efficient and simple data structure for
> small and large dense matrices with lots of functionality. We have
> uBLAS, but I'm not convinced of its efficiency for small matrices, and
> it doesn't interface to LAPACK, which is why LAPACKMatrix was added.
>
> There are a few libraries around that provide expression templates (for
> nice syntax) and LAPACK/ATLAS interfaces, see for example
>
>     http://arma.sourceforge.net/
>
> I think that wrapping such a library would be very useful and could be
> better that having LAPACKMatrix, etc.
>
> Garth

Agree. I was thinking of wrapping a suitable library before adding
LAPACKMatrix, but it was too much effort at the time.

Incidentally, I also looked at Armadillo as the main candidate for
wrapping.

I have added a blueprint:

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/dolfin/+spec/wrap-armadillo

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Anders

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