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Olivier Parcollet 2c542647fd clef : new version using lvalues and moving rvalues
- change : all objects are by default
  stored now by reference, not by copy any more.
  Unless the trait force_copy_in_expr is true.
- rvalue refs are moved into the tree
- simplifies a lot the writing of lazy method, objects.
- added a macro for methods
- tests ok. Further check needed to control absence of copies...
- improved documentation
2013-09-08 15:04:12 +02:00

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.. highlight:: c
Transform CLEF expressions into functions
===============================================
Clef expressions are **NOT** functions. In short,
* clef expressions are *evaluated* (the order of argument *does not* matter) ::
eval( expr, x_=1, y_=2, ...);
* while functions are *called*, as usual (the order of argument *does* matter !) ::
f(1,2)
It is however possible to transform expressions into functions, *as soon as you specify the order of the placeholders*.
(the opposite is true, if the function accept lazy arguments, cf :ref:`overload_function`).
make_function
---------------
Given any expression with placeholder `x_`, `y_`, `z_`, ..., `make_function`
transform them into a regular function. If we say ::
auto f = make_function( clef_expression, placeholder_1, placeholder_2, placeholder_3, ...)
then f is ::
a function (x1,x2,x3) --> RESULT
where RESULT is :
* the result of the complete evaluation of the expression if the list of placeholder exhausts the placeholders of the expression.
* otherwise a clef_expression of the remaining placeholders, returning a **function**.
Short notation with >> operator
.....................................
For function of *one* variable, the make_function notation can be simplified into ::
// same
auto f = make_function( 2*x_ + y_ + 1, x_);
auto f = x_ >> 2*x_ + y_ + 1;
// same
auto f = make_function ( make_function( 2*x_ + y_ + 1, y_), x_);
auto f = x_ >> (y_ >> 2*x_ + y_ + 1) ;
.. warning::
The notation ::
`x_` >> `y_` >> expression
is banned because it conflicts with the standard priority of >>.
Use parenthesis.
clef::function
--------------------------
The class triqs::clef::function stored a function of a given signature
It is similar to std::function but
it can be constructed from an expression and an ordered list of placeholders.
clef::function can be assigned with the = operator, Cf example below.
.. note::
Like std::function, it stores the expression polymorphically, by erasing its type.
This might lead to some performance penalty in some case, even though tests do not show that at present...
Examples
---------
.. compileblock::
#include <triqs/clef.hpp>
#include <iostream>
using namespace triqs::clef;
int main() {
placeholder<0> x_; placeholder<1> y_;
{ // with one variable
auto f = make_function(2*x_ + 1, x_);
std::cout << f(3) << std::endl;
std::function<double(double)> F(f);
}
{ //with two variables
auto f = make_function(2*x_ + y_ + 1, x_, y_);
std::cout << f(3,4) << std::endl;
std::function<double(double,double)> F(f);
}
{ // Make a function partially
auto f = make_function( 2*x_ + y_ + 1, x_);
// f is a lazy expression expression with placeholder y_, returning a function...
auto f1 = eval (f, y_=1); // f1 is a function x-> 2*x + 2
std::cout << f1 (10) << std::endl;
}
{ // Currying a function
//auto f = make_function ( make_function( 2*x_ + y_ + 1, x_), y_);
auto f = y_ >> ( x_ >> 2*x_ + y_ + 1);
// f a function y-> x-> 2x+y+1
// f(y) returns a function x-> 2x+y+1
auto g = f(3);
std::cout << g (10) << std::endl;
}
{ // playing with clef::function and std::function
triqs::clef::function<double(double,double)> f2,g2;
f2(x_,y_) = x_ + y_;
std::cout << f2(2,3) << std::endl;
std::function<double(double,double)> sf2 = f2;
std::cout << sf2(2,3) << std::endl;
g2(x_,y_) = x_ - y_ + f2(x_,2*y_);
std::function<double(double)> sf = x_>> 2*x_ + 1;
std::cout << sf(3) << std::endl;
}
}