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tpi.h

Type iterator

SYNOPSIS

#include "dip_tpi.h"

FUNCTION

Type iterator. For each data type specified by the define DIP_TPI_ALLOW, dip_tpi.h will include the file specified by the define DIP_TPI_FILE. If DIP_TPI_ALLOW is not defined the file will be included for all data types. DIP_TPI_TYPES must be defined as a logical OR of identifier flags and identifier group flags, as given in DIPlib's data types and the table below. During each "iteration" the main symbols defined by dip_tpi.h are DIP_TPI, DIP_TPI_DATA_TYPE, DIP_TPI_IDENTIFIER and DIP_TPI_EXTENSION. The following table shows how these are defined for each data type:

DIP_TPIDIP_TPI_DATA_TYPEDIP_TPI_IDENTIFIERDIP_TPI_EXTENSION
dip_bin8 DIP_DT_BIN8 DIP_DTID_BIN8 _b8
dip_bin16 DIP_DT_BIN16 DIP_DTID_BIN16 _b16
dip_bin32 DIP_DT_BIN32 DIP_DTID_BIN32 _b32
dip_uint8 DIP_DT_UINT8 DIP_DTID_UINT8 _u8
dip_uint16 DIP_DT_UINT16 DIP_DTID_UINT16 _u16
dip_uint32 DIP_DT_UINT32 DIP_DTID_UINT32 _u32
dip_sint8 DIP_DT_SINT8 DIP_DTID_SINT8 _s8
dip_sint16 DIP_DT_SINT16 DIP_DTID_SINT16 _s16
dip_sint32 DIP_DT_SINT32 DIP_DTID_SINT32 _s32
dip_sfloat DIP_DT_SFLOAT DIP_DTID_SFLOAT _sfl
dip_dfloat DIP_DT_DFLOAT DIP_DTID_DFLOAT _dfl
dip_scomplexDIP_DT_SCOMPLEXDIP_DTID_SCOMPLEX_scx
dip_dcomplexDIP_DT_DCOMPLEXDIP_DTID_DCOMPLEX_dcx

Using this include file it is possible to compile source code for different data types. We recommend that instead of splitting your code into two files, one for generic code and one for type specific code, that you use dip_tpi.h to let the source file include itself. This also prevents dependency problems with makefiles. A source file that includes itself through dip_tpi.h should have the following format:

contents of example.c:
#ifndef DIP_TPI

#include "diplib.h"

#define DIP_TPI_FILE "example.c"
#include "dip_tpi.h"

/* This is where the generic code should be */

#else

/* This is where the type specific code should be */

#endif

In addition to the main defines as described above, there are a number of macro's that are defined by dip_tpi.h:

DIP_TPI_FUNC ( function name )attaches the current type suffix to the function name.
DIP_TPI_DEFINE ( function name )equivalent to: dip_Error DIP_TPI_FUNC( function name ) useful for function definitions.
DIP_TPI_DECLARE ( function name )equivalent to: dip_Error DIP_TPI_FUNC( function name ) useful for function declarations. Don't forget the trailing ";".
DIP_TPI_NAME ( function name )attaches the current type suffix to the function name and puts double quotes around the result, thus creating a string.

There are also a couple of defines that are only available for some of the data types:

When DIP_TPI is
dip_sfloatDIP_TPI_CAST_R2C is defined as dip_scomplex
dip_dfloatDIP_TPI_CAST_R2C is defined as dip_dcomplex
dip_scomplexDIP_TPI_CAST_C2R is defined as dip_sfloat
dip_dcomplexDIP_TPI_CAST_C2R is defined as dip_dfloat

Other type iterators may be created by making a copy of the dip_tpi.h file and replacing DIP_TPI throughout the file by a different name for the new type iterator.

ARGUMENTS

NameDescription
DIP_TPI_ALLOWlogical OR of data type identifier and identifier group flags to indicate for which data types the file should be included
DIP_TPI_FILEName of the file to be included by dip_tpi.h

SEE ALSO

DIPlib's data types

DataTypeGetInfo, ovl.h