/** @file series.h
*
- * Interface to class for extended truncated power series.
- *
+ * Interface to class for extended truncated power series. */
+
+/*
* GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
#ifndef __GINAC_SERIES_H__
#define __GINAC_SERIES_H__
+#include <ginac/basic.h>
+#include <ginac/expairseq.h>
+
+namespace GiNaC {
+
/** This class holds a extended truncated power series (positive and negative
* integer powers). It consists of expression coefficients (only non-zero
* coefficients are stored), an expansion variable and an expansion point.
extern const series some_series;
extern type_info const & typeid_series;
-#define ex_to_series(X) (static_cast<class series const &>(*(X).bp))
-#define series_to_poly(X) (static_cast<series const &>(*(X).bp).convert_to_poly(true))
+// utility functions
+inline const series &ex_to_series(const ex &e)
+{
+ return static_cast<const series &>(*e.bp);
+}
+
+inline ex series_to_poly(const ex &e)
+{
+ return (static_cast<const series &>(*e.bp).convert_to_poly(true));
+}
+
+} // namespace GiNaC
#endif // ndef __GINAC_SERIES_H__