-The default mapped type for C/C++ non-primitive types is the Scilab pointer. That is the case for exemple for C structs, C++ classes, ... +The default mapped type for C/C++ non-primitive types is the Scilab pointer. That is the case for exemple for C structs, C++ classes, etc... But there are many type mappings for non-primitive types (such as enums, arrays, STL types, etc...). Each of them is described further in this document.
@@ -620,10 +621,13 @@ ans =+One-dimensional arrays are supported whether as global variables or functions arguments. +
-Arrays are fully supported by SWIG and Scilab. In SWIG, they are handled as pointers. -It is easy to deal with arrays too. For example: +Global arrays are wrapped through accessor functions. +For example with two global arrays x and y:
@@ -632,42 +636,40 @@ It is easy to deal with arrays too. For example:
%inline %{
int x[10];
double y[7];
-void initArray()
-{
- int i, n;
-
- n = sizeof(x)/sizeof(x[0]);
- for(i = 0; i > n; i++)
- x[i] = i;
-
- n = sizeof(y)/sizeof(y[0]);
- for(i = 0; i < n; i++)
- y[i] = ((double) i)/ ((double) n);
- return;
%}
When wrapped, the following functions are generated: x_set(), x_get(), y_set(), y_get(), and _wrap_initArray. -They can be used like this: +
Two Scilab functions are generated for each array: a getter _get() and a setter _set(), prefixed by the array name. +Following is an example of use of these functions:
--> exec loader.sce ---> initArray(); +--> x_set([0:9]); --> x_get() ans = 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + +--> y_set([0:6] / 7); --> y_get() + +--> ans = 0. 0.1428571 0.2857143 0.4285714 0.5714286 0.7142857 0.8571429
+The type mappings used for arrays is described in 37.3.4. +It means that, if needed, a Scilab double vector is converted in input into a C int array. +And this C int array is automatically converted in output to a Scilab double vector. +
+Scilab uses matrices a lot for numerical mathematics and scientific visualization. Supporting matrices makes Scilab more convenient. For example:
@@ -829,7 +831,7 @@ Standard Template Library (STL) is partially supported.The following containers are usable:
- +l