Re: Hint required: double conversion

[John W. Eaton]

On 08/13/2016 04:19 PM, Ernst Reissner wrote:
> On 08/13/2016 03:05 AM, John W. Eaton wrote:
> > On 08/12/2016 10:56 AM, Ernst Reissner wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I want to provide a function double(x) for the class octave_java.
> > >
> > > It is fairly clear to me what the body of the function to be implemented
> > > looks like,
> > >
> > > but I cannot find out, which methods to be implemented
> > >
> > > and how to register the convertsion function.
> > >
> > >
> > > Can anyone give me a hint of the framework.
> > >
> > > I would like to fill in the gaps.
> >
> > The way conversions are handled now is not very good.  I'm looking at
> > fixing it so that it will be simpler to provide conversions to double,
> > single, and all the integer types.  If what I have planned will
> > actually work, then it will only require defining additional methods
> > in the octave_java class to perform the conversion.
> >
> > jwe
> Good ... Is there a patch or a bug report I can register to so that I am
> notified, that you are done?

No, there was no bug report.  I checked in my changes here:

http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/0f9ab4f1f4b3
http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/cd2e24983670
http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/564203123065
http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/a7e68243a326
http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/8b18f46f6427

jwe