A better return_type_tinfo() mechanism.

[ginac.git] / ginac / clifford.h

diff --git a/ginac/clifford.h b/ginac/clifford.h
index 62aabce91b1e6333fc268778cbeb1e7fa70ae3ef..59b49d0fa5a49985e26a4acca7d48ce82593dbbf 100644 (file)
--- a/ginac/clifford.h
+++ b/ginac/clifford.h
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ namespace GiNaC {
 class clifford : public indexed
 {
        GINAC_DECLARE_REGISTERED_CLASS(clifford, indexed)
-public:
-       static const tinfo_static_t return_type_tinfo_static[256];
-
        // other constructors
 public:
        clifford(const ex & b, unsigned char rl = 0);
@@ -62,8 +59,7 @@ protected:
        ex thiscontainer(const exvector & v) const;
        ex thiscontainer(std::auto_ptr<exvector> vp) const;
        unsigned return_type() const { return return_types::noncommutative; }
-       tinfo_t return_type_tinfo() const { return clifford::return_type_tinfo_static+representation_label; }
-
+       return_type_t return_type_tinfo() const;
        // non-virtual functions in this class
 public:
        unsigned char get_representation_label() const { return representation_label; }
@@ -186,11 +182,14 @@ protected:
 
 // global functions
 
-/** Check whether a given tinfo key (as returned by return_type_tinfo()
+/** Check whether a given return_type_t object (as returned by return_type_tinfo()
   * is that of a clifford object (with an arbitrary representation label).
   *
   * @param ti tinfo key */
-bool is_clifford_tinfo(tinfo_t ti);
+inline bool is_clifford_tinfo(const return_type_t& ti)
+{
+       return *(ti.tinfo) == typeid(clifford);
+}
 
 /** Create a Clifford unity object.
  *