[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#706376: Bug#706376: Bug#706376: octave: sparse matrix n*2^16

[John W. Eaton]

On 04/30/2013 12:56 PM, Ed Meyer wrote:

> Not only is it desirable to have sparse and full matrices behave similarly,
> I believe the user should not need to be aware of which storage format
> is used so functions like eig() would work for either.
> The key is to use the C++ class system to have different implementations
> for each storage format.

I haven't been following this thread closely and I haven't thought much 
about the details but I have no objection to trying to do a better job 
with handling numel and dimensions/indices generally.

Is there some way we can get the better behavior in a minimally invasive 
way?

Even if it requires significant changes, maybe we should consider what 
the options are anyway.

What changes are needed to make octave_idx_type behave the way you way 
you want?

jwe