[Insight-developers] Casting constructors for DTI and Sym Mat pixeltypes

Luis Ibanez luis.ibanez at kitware.com
Tue Mar 16 15:22:30 EDT 2010


Hi Luke,

Thanks a lot for implementing the changes
and preparing the patch.

I tried to run it on my side,
but the following file is missing:

itkNumericTraitsDiffusionTensor3DPixel.cxx


Could you please send this file ?

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The additional tests look reasonable.


A good reference to have is to monitor the code coverage
of the classes today, and verify that they have the same
(or larger code) coverage tomorrow.

To be more specific, we have today:

itkSymmetricSecondRankTensor.txx : 98.80%
http://www.cdash.org/CDash/viewCoverageFile.php?buildid=563343&fileid=10858202

itkSymmetricSecondRankTensor.h : 100%
http://www.cdash.org/CDash/viewCoverageFile.php?buildid=563343&fileid=10858201

itkDiffusionTensor3D:   98.11%
http://www.cdash.org/CDash/viewCoverageFile.php?buildid=563343&fileid=10857778


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If your Experimental build turns out to be green,
please go ahead and commit the patch.

Then,
we should keep an eye on the continuous
builds for the rest of the day.


     Thanks


           Luis


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On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Luke Bloy <luke.bloy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Luis,
>
> I'm attaching a patch that contains the the constructors as well as the
> NumericTraits for DiffusionTensor3D pixeltypes.
>
> Please let me know if the added tests are sufficient.
>
> I'm running an Experimental build now If it is green should i commit the the
> changes?
>
> -Luke
>
> Luis Ibanez wrote:
>>
>> Hi Karthik,
>>
>> Thanks for pointing this out.
>>
>> You are right,
>> the FixedArray already provide a templated  implementation
>> of the operator=() as well as the casting constructor.
>>
>>
>>
>> Luke:
>>
>> Would you like to give it a shot at implementing these
>> methods in the itkSymmetricSecondRankTensor ?
>>
>> You may want to follow the example of
>>
>> itkFixedArray.h lines:
>>
>>       145-155 :  Constructor with casting
>>
>>       171-183 :  operator=  with casting
>>
>>
>> The corresponding tests for these methods should
>> be added to the file:
>>
>>      Insight/Testing/Code/Common/
>>             itkSymmetricSecondRankTensorTest.cxx
>>
>>
>> Please let us know if you run into any problem.
>>
>>
>> It will be nice if you could start trying this code soon,
>> as we may move into cutting the ITK 3.18 release
>> as soon as we sort out the licensing issues of the
>> numerical libraries.
>>
>>
>>     Thanks
>>
>>
>>           Luis
>>
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------
>> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:26 AM, Karthik Krishnan
>> <karthik.krishnan at kitware.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> For FixedArray, Vector, RGBPixel classes, we've already templated the
>>> operator= and constructor classes to provide implicit casting
>>> operations and they seem to work well.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> --
>>> karthik
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Luis Ibanez <luis.ibanez at kitware.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Brad,
>>>>
>>>> I can't think of a drawback for the explicit constructors
>>>> right now,...  (but I may just be low in coffee).     :-/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I worry about the "invisibility" of these methods, and how
>>>> easy it is to add them, and how hard it will be to remove
>>>> them if something goes wrong with them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I still would vote for the "CastFrom()" methods, but if
>>>> enough developers are happy with explicit constructors
>>>> and are willing to help with the maintenance of the code
>>>> for the next decade, then I'm happy to follow the crowd.   :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Luis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Bradley Lowekamp
>>>> <blowekamp at mail.nih.gov> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Luis,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the info regarding the itk::Array, I forgot the usefulness
>>>>> of all the inherited methods!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In regards to this, what is the down side to using an explicit
>>>>> constructor? For example:
>>>>>
>>>>> explicit
>>>>> template<TOtherValueType>
>>>>> SymmetricSecondRankTensor( const
>>>>> SymmetricSecondRankTensor<TOtherValueType> &);
>>>>>
>>>>> This uses standard conventions along with requiring the
>>>>> contractor/conversion to be explicitly defined?
>>>>>
>>>>> Making the following valid code:
>>>>>
>>>>> Float3DTensorType floatTensor2(intTensor);
>>>>> floatTensor2 = Float3DTensorType(intTensor);
>>>>>
>>>>> But not:
>>>>> floatTensor2 = intTensor;
>>>>>
>>>>> Just a thought on an alternative approach....
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Brad
>>>>>
>>>>> p.s.
>>>>> This is my understanding of C++, compilers and standards may differ :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 15, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Luis Ibanez wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Luke,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Historically we have been cautious when adding implicit
>>>>>> conversions, since once that syntactic sugar is introduced
>>>>>> in the code, it is very easy to get unintended consequences
>>>>>> particularly when using templated code.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For the case of the itkPoint we were a lot more explicit, and
>>>>>> added a method:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> itk::Point<T>::CastFrom( const itk::Point< R > & otherPoint );
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> See the definition in:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                  Insight/Code/Common/itkPoint.h
>>>>>>
>>>>>> in lines 212-221:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  /** Copy from another Point with a different representation type.
>>>>>>  *  Casting is done with C-Like rules  */
>>>>>>  template < typename TCoordRepB >
>>>>>>  void CastFrom( const Point<TCoordRepB,NPointDimension> & pa )
>>>>>>   {
>>>>>>   for(unsigned int i=0; i<NPointDimension; i++ )
>>>>>>     {
>>>>>>     (*this)[i] = static_cast<TCoordRep>( pa[i] );
>>>>>>     }
>>>>>>   }
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would suggest that we follow this Explicit approach for
>>>>>> the Tensor classes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Would you like to give it a try at implementing and testing
>>>>>> the CastFrom() methods for these classes ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        Luis
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Luke Bloy <luke.bloy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The classes itkDiffusionTensor3D and itkSymmetricSecondRankTensor
>>>>>>> don't have
>>>>>>> constructors that enable casting. (
>>>>>>> http://www.itk.org/Bug/view.php?id=10323
>>>>>>> ) so code such as the following fails.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  typedef itk::SymmetricSecondRankTensor<int,3>     Int3DTensorType;
>>>>>>>  typedef itk::SymmetricSecondRankTensor<float,3>   Float3DTensorType;
>>>>>>>  typedef itk::SymmetricSecondRankTensor<double,3>
>>>>>>>  Double3DTensorType;
>>>>>>>  Int3DTensorType intTensor(1);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  //Test constructors
>>>>>>>  Float3DTensorType floatTensor(intTensor);
>>>>>>>  Double3DTensorType doubleTensor(floatTensor);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  //test Assignment
>>>>>>>  Float3DTensorType floatTensor2 = intTensor;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> adding templated constructors and assignment operators will allow
>>>>>>> this type
>>>>>>> of behavior.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there a reason these constructors have been not been defined?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Luke
>>>>>>>
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