metric tensors now silently replace their indices' dimensions with their

[ginac.git] / ginac / power.h

diff --git a/ginac/power.h b/ginac/power.h
index 8f7ac50142933bf154cf27e128c04265e416a54b..12ebf6a2aa896bedcd271c7ac865e1df977a4502 100644 (file)
--- a/ginac/power.h
+++ b/ginac/power.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Interface to GiNaC's symbolic exponentiation (basis^exponent). */
 
 /*
- *  GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
+ *  GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999-2002 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -43,21 +43,23 @@ class power : public basic
        
        // other ctors
 public:
-       power(const ex & lh, const ex & rh);
-       power(const ex & lh, const numeric & rh);
+       power(const ex & lh, const ex & rh) : inherited(TINFO_power), basis(lh), exponent(rh) {}
+       template<typename T> power(const ex & lh, const T & rh) : inherited(TINFO_power), basis(lh), exponent(rh) {}
        
-       // functions overriding virtual functions from bases classes
+       // functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
 public:
        void print(const print_context & c, unsigned level = 0) const;
        unsigned precedence(void) const {return 60;}
        bool info(unsigned inf) const;
        unsigned nops() const;
        ex & let_op(int i);
+       ex map(map_function & f) const;
        int degree(const ex & s) const;
        int ldegree(const ex & s) const;
        ex coeff(const ex & s, int n = 1) const;
        ex eval(int level=0) const;
        ex evalf(int level=0) const;
+       ex evalm(void) const;
        ex series(const relational & s, int order, unsigned options = 0) const;
        ex subs(const lst & ls, const lst & lr, bool no_pattern = false) const;
        ex normal(lst &sym_lst, lst &repl_lst, int level = 0) const;
@@ -78,9 +80,6 @@ protected:
        ex expand_add(const add & a, int n) const;
        ex expand_add_2(const add & a) const;
        ex expand_mul(const mul & m, const numeric & n) const;
-       //ex expand_commutative_3(const ex & basis, const numeric & exponent,
-       //                        unsigned options) const;
-       //ex expand_noncommutative(const ex & basis, const numeric & exponent, unsigned options) const;
        
 // member variables
        
@@ -90,9 +89,11 @@ protected:
 };
 
 // utility functions
-inline const power &ex_to_power(const ex &e)
+
+/** Efficient specialization of is_exactly_a<power>(obj) for power objects. */
+template<> inline bool is_exactly_a<power>(const basic & obj)
 {
-       return static_cast<const power &>(*e.bp);
+       return obj.tinfo()==TINFO_power;
 }
 
 // wrapper functions
@@ -105,9 +106,18 @@ inline ex pow(const ex & b, const ex & e)
 {
        return power(b, e);
 }
+template<typename T1, typename T2>
+inline ex pow(const T1 & b, const T2 & e)
+{
+       return power(ex(b), ex(e));
+}
 
 /** Square root expression.  Returns a power-object with exponent 1/2. */
-ex sqrt(const ex & a);
+inline ex sqrt(const ex & a)
+{
+       extern const ex _ex1_2;
+       return power(a,_ex1_2);
+}
 
 } // namespace GiNaC