[Help-gsl] matrix and matrix views

[Joakim Hove]

Hello, 

I have a matrix m. In addition to the whole of m, I am also using a
submatrix m_part quite a lot. Currently this is implemented as
follows:

  m           = gsl_matrix_alloc(10,10);
  m_part_view = gsl_matrix_submatrix(m,0,0,5,5);
  m_part      = &m_part_view.matrix;

Now, the *only* use of the matrix view I have is in the consctruction
above, i.e. simply to get access to the (utility ?) function
gsl_matrix_submatrix(). 

 o Would it not be simpler to let gsl_matrix_submatrix return a
   pointer to a matrix struct which only had shared memory?

 o Can I let m_part_view go out of scope and continue to use m_part,
   or will m_part then loose it's size/stride information?



Best Regards

Joakim


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