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+/*******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * TRIQS: a Toolbox for Research in Interacting Quantum Systems
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 by O. Parcollet
+ *
+ * TRIQS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+ * terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+ * version.
+ *
+ * TRIQS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+ * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * TRIQS. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+#ifndef TRIQS_ARRAYS_BLAS_LAPACK_GELSS_H
+#define TRIQS_ARRAYS_BLAS_LAPACK_GELSS_H
+#include <complex>
+#include "./tools.hpp"
+#include "./qcache.hpp"
+
+namespace triqs { namespace arrays { namespace lapack { 
+ 
+ using namespace blas_lapack_tools;
+ namespace f77 { // overload
+
+  extern "C" { 
+   void TRIQS_FORTRAN_MANGLING(dgelss) (const int &, const int &, const int &, double[], const int &, double[], const int &,
+                                        double[], const double &, int &, double[], const int &, int &);
+   void TRIQS_FORTRAN_MANGLING(zgelss) (const int &, const int &, const int &, std::complex<double>[], const int &, std::complex<double>[], const int &,
+                                        double[], const double &, int &, std::complex<double>[], const int &, double[], int &);
+  }
+
+  inline void gelss (const int & M, const int & N, const int & NRHS, double* A, const int & LDA, double* B, const int & LDB,
+                     double* S, const double & RCOND, int & RANK, double* WORK, const int & LWORK, int & INFO) {
+    TRIQS_FORTRAN_MANGLING(dgelss)(M,N,NRHS,A,LDA,B,LDB,S,RCOND,RANK,WORK,LWORK,INFO);
+  }
+
+  inline void gelss (const int & M, const int & N, const int & NRHS, std::complex<double>* A, const int & LDA, std::complex<double>* B, const int & LDB,
+                     double* S, const double & RCOND, int & RANK, std::complex<double>* WORK, const int & LWORK, double* RWORK, int & INFO) {
+    TRIQS_FORTRAN_MANGLING(zgelss)(M,N,NRHS,A,LDA,B,LDB,S,RCOND,RANK,WORK,LWORK,RWORK,INFO);
+  }
+
+ }//namespace
+
+ /**
+  * Calls gelss on a matrix or view
+  * Takes care of making temporary copies if necessary
+  */
+ template<typename MTA, typename MTB, typename VCS> 
+  typename std::enable_if< 
+             is_blas_lapack_type<typename MTA::value_type>::value &&
+             is_blas_lapack_type<typename MTB::value_type>::value &&
+             is_blas_lapack_type<typename VCS::value_type>::value &&
+	     std::is_same<typename MTA::value_type, double>::value, int >::type //for double; driver for std::complex<double> needs to be added
+  gelss (MTA & A, MTB & B, VCS & S, double rcond, int & rank, bool assert_fortran_order = true ) {
+   if (assert_fortran_order && (A.memory_layout_is_c()|| B.memory_layout_is_c() )) TRIQS_RUNTIME_ERROR<< "matrix passed to getrf is not in Fortran order";
+
+   reflexive_qcache<MTA> Ca(A);
+   reflexive_qcache<MTB> Cb(B);
+
+   auto dm = std::min(first_dim(Ca()), second_dim(Ca()));
+   if (S.size() < dm) S.resize(dm); 
+
+   reflexive_qcache<VCS> Cs(S);
+
+   int info;
+   int nrhs=get_n_cols(Cb());
+
+   typename MTA::value_type work1[1];
+   // first call to get the optimal lwork
+   f77::gelss ( get_n_rows(Ca()), get_n_cols(Ca()), nrhs , Ca().data_start(), get_ld(Ca()),
+                Cb().data_start(), get_ld(Cb()), Cs().data_start(), rcond, rank, work1, -1, info); 
+
+   int lwork = r_round(work1[0]);
+   arrays::vector<typename MTA::value_type> work(lwork); 
+
+   f77::gelss ( get_n_rows(Ca()), get_n_cols(Ca()), nrhs , Ca().data_start(), get_ld(Ca()),
+                Cb().data_start(), get_ld(Cb()), Cs().data_start(), rcond, rank, work.data_start(), lwork, info); 
+   return info;
+  }
+
+}}}// namespace
+
+
+#endif
+