Provide a documentation for vectors and matrices with non-fundamental element type

[Klaus Iglberger]

Description

The Blaze library supports vectors and matrices with non-fundamental element type since the early releases. For instance, it is possible to define block structured matrices by using a matrix type as element type:

using blaze::DynamicMatrix;
using blaze::DynamicVector;
using blaze::rowMajor;
using blaze::columnVector;

DynamicMatrix< DynamicMatrix<double,rowMajor>, rowMajor > A;
DynamicVector< DynamicVector<double,columnVector >, columnVector > x, y;

// ... Resizing and initialization

y = A * x;

The operation runs fully parallel and uses vectorization for every single matrix/vector multiplication.

Although this feature has been available for a long time it has not been properly documented so far. Thus Blaze should provide a tutorial section that is focused on explaining the setup and use of vectors and matrices with non-fundamental data types.

Tasks

• provide a documentation for vectors and matrices with non-fundamental data types
• provide an explanation for common pitfalls, potential problems and special issues

[Klaus Iglberger]

The feature has been documented as required. The documentation is immediately available via cloning the Blaze repository and will be part of the official documentation of Blaze 3.0.