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Define operator[] for Vectors #595

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GiulioRomualdi opened this issue Nov 9, 2019 · 2 comments
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Define operator[] for Vectors #595

GiulioRomualdi opened this issue Nov 9, 2019 · 2 comments
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GiulioRomualdi commented Nov 9, 2019 •
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In order to access an element of an iDynTree vector the operator() has to be used. Having the operator[] may be useful when template functions are implemented. I.e. std:: vector<> uses the operator[] to provide the access to the elements.

I noticed that this strategy is already implemented in Eigen (check here for further details)
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I totally agree. I think the original rationale for using operator() was to provide a consistent API with Matlab and Python (or perhaps it was Lua), in which the operator[] could not be overloaded. However, I do not think it is a problem to overload both operator() and operator[].

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Fixed in #596 .

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