diff -r e667cd5c0886 -r 308150155bb5 doc/named-param.dox --- a/doc/named-param.dox Mon Jul 04 16:18:11 2005 +0000 +++ b/doc/named-param.dox Mon Jul 04 16:27:54 2005 +0000 @@ -4,13 +4,21 @@ \section named-func-param Named "Function" Parameters -C++ makes it possible to use default parameter values when calling a function. In such -a case we do not have to give value for parameters, the program will use the default ones. -Unfortunately sometimes this is not enough. If we do not want to give values for all the parameters, only -for some of them we come across problems, because an arbitrary set of parameters cannot be omitted. On the other hand parameters have a fixed order in the head of the function. -C++ can apply the default values only in the back of the order, if we do not give other value for them. -So we can not give the function for example the value of the first, and the third parameter, expecting that the program will aplly the default value for the second parameter. -However sometimes we would like to use some functinos exactly in this way. With a crafty trick and with some little inconvenience this is possible. We have implemented this little trick as an example below. +C++ makes it possible to use default parameter values when calling a +function. In such a case we do not have to give value for parameters, +the program will use the default ones. Unfortunately sometimes this +is not enough. If we do not want to give values for all the +parameters, only for some of them we come across problems, because an +arbitrary set of parameters cannot be omitted. On the other hand +parameters have a fixed order in the head of the function. C++ can +apply the default values only in the back of the order, if we do not +give other value for them. So we can not give the function for +example the value of the first, and the third parameter, expecting +that the program will aplly the default value for the second +parameter. However sometimes we would like to use some functinos +exactly in this way. With a crafty trick and with some little +inconvenience this is possible. We have implemented this little trick +as an example below. \code class named_fn @@ -34,22 +42,41 @@ The usage is the following. -We have to define a class, let's call it named_fn. -Let us assume that we would like to use a parameter, called X. In the named_fn class we have to define an _X attribute, and an X function. The function expects a parameter with the type of _X, and sets the value of _X. After setting the value the function returns the class itself. The class also have to have a function, called for example run(), we have to implement here the original function itself. The constructor of the class have to give all the attributes like _X the default values of them. +We have to define a class, let's call it named_fn. Let us assume that +we would like to use a parameter, called X. In the named_fn class we +have to define an _X attribute, and an X function. The function +expects a parameter with the type of _X, and sets the value of +_X. After setting the value the function returns the class itself. The +class also have to have a function, called for example run(), we have +to implement here the original function itself. The constructor of the +class have to give all the attributes like _X the default values of +them. -If we instantiate this class, the default values will be set for the attributes (originally the parameters), initially. If we call the X function, we get a class with the modified parameter value of X. Therefore we can modify any parameter-value, independent from the order. To run the algorithm we have to call the run() function at the end of the row. +If we instantiate this class, the default values will be set for the +attributes (originally the parameters), initially. If we call the X +function, we get a class with the modified parameter value of +X. Therefore we can modify any parameter-value, independent from the +order. To run the algorithm we have to call the run() function at the +end of the row. Example: named_fn().id(3).val(2).run(); \section traits-classes Traits Classes -The procedure above can also be applied when defining classes. In this case the type of the attributes can be changed. -Initially we have to define a class with the default attribute types. This is the so called Traits Class. Later on -the types of these attributes can be changed, as described below. In our software \ref DijkstraDefaultTraits is an example of how a traits class looks like. +The procedure above can also be applied when defining classes. In this +case the type of the attributes can be changed. Initially we have to +define a class with the default attribute types. This is the so called +Traits Class. Later on the types of these attributes can be changed, +as described below. In our software \ref lemon::DijkstraDefaultTraits is an +example of how a traits class looks like. \section named-templ-param Named Class Template Parameters -If we would like to change the type of an attribute in a class that was instantiated by using a traits class as a template parameter, and the class contains named parameters, we do not have to reinstantiate the class with new traits class. Instead of that, adaptor classes can be used like in the following cases. +If we would like to change the type of an attribute in a class that +was instantiated by using a traits class as a template parameter, and +the class contains named parameters, we do not have to reinstantiate +the class with new traits class. Instead of that, adaptor classes can +be used like in the following cases. \code Dijkstra<>::SetPredNodeMap > @@ -62,11 +89,13 @@ Dijkstra<>::SetDistMap::SetPredMap > \endcode -The result will be an instantiated Dijkstra class, in which the DistMap and the PredMap is modified. +The result will be an instantiated Dijkstra class, in which the +DistMap and the PredMap is modified. \section named-templ-func-param Named "Function" Template Parameters -If the class has so called wizard functions, the new class with the modified tpye of attributes can be returned -by the appropriate wizard function. The usage of these wizard functions is the following: +If the class has so called wizard functions, the new class with the +modified tpye of attributes can be returned by the appropriate wizard +function. The usage of these wizard functions is the following: */