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+// kludge.h                                             -*- C++ -*-
+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1992, 1993 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+*/
+
+// Nothing like a little CPP abuse to brighten everyone's day.  Would
+// have been nice to do this with template functions but as of 2.5.x,
+// g++ seems to fail in various ways, either not resolving general
+// template functions, or not instatiating non-member template
+// functions.
+//
+// When templates work more reliably in g++, this will be replaced by
+// the MArray class.
+
+#ifdef KLUDGE_VECTORS
+
+/*
+ * Like type operations for vectors.
+ */
+
+// Element by element vector by scalar ops.
+
+friend KL_VEC_TYPE operator + (const KL_VEC_TYPE& a, const TYPE& s);
+friend KL_VEC_TYPE operator - (const KL_VEC_TYPE& a, const TYPE& s);
+friend KL_VEC_TYPE operator * (const KL_VEC_TYPE& a, const TYPE& s);
+friend KL_VEC_TYPE operator / (const KL_VEC_TYPE& a, const TYPE& s);
+
+// Element by element scalar by vector ops.
+
+friend KL_VEC_TYPE operator + (const TYPE& s, const KL_VEC_TYPE& a);
+friend KL_VEC_TYPE operator - (const TYPE& s, const KL_VEC_TYPE& a);
+friend KL_VEC_TYPE operator * (const TYPE& s, const KL_VEC_TYPE& a);
+friend KL_VEC_TYPE operator / (const TYPE& s, const KL_VEC_TYPE& a);
+
+// Element by element vector by vector ops.
+
+friend KL_VEC_TYPE operator + (const KL_VEC_TYPE& a, const KL_VEC_TYPE& b);
+friend KL_VEC_TYPE operator - (const KL_VEC_TYPE& a, const KL_VEC_TYPE& b);
+
+friend KL_VEC_TYPE product (const KL_VEC_TYPE& a, const KL_VEC_TYPE& b);
+friend KL_VEC_TYPE quotient (const KL_VEC_TYPE& a, const KL_VEC_TYPE& b);
+
+// Unary MArray ops.
+
+friend KL_VEC_TYPE operator - (const KL_VEC_TYPE& a);
+
+#endif
+
+#ifdef KLUDGE_MATRICES
+
+/*
+ * Like type operations for matrices
+ */
+
+// Element by element matrix by scalar ops.
+
+friend KL_MAT_TYPE operator + (const KL_MAT_TYPE& a, const TYPE& s);
+friend KL_MAT_TYPE operator - (const KL_MAT_TYPE& a, const TYPE& s);
+friend KL_MAT_TYPE operator * (const KL_MAT_TYPE& a, const TYPE& s);
+friend KL_MAT_TYPE operator / (const KL_MAT_TYPE& a, const TYPE& s);
+
+// Element by element scalar by matrix ops.
+
+friend KL_MAT_TYPE operator + (const TYPE& s, const KL_MAT_TYPE& a);
+friend KL_MAT_TYPE operator - (const TYPE& s, const KL_MAT_TYPE& a);
+friend KL_MAT_TYPE operator * (const TYPE& s, const KL_MAT_TYPE& a);
+friend KL_MAT_TYPE operator / (const TYPE& s, const KL_MAT_TYPE& a);
+
+// Element by element matrix by matrix ops.
+
+friend KL_MAT_TYPE operator + (const KL_MAT_TYPE& a, const KL_MAT_TYPE& b);
+friend KL_MAT_TYPE operator - (const KL_MAT_TYPE& a, const KL_MAT_TYPE& b);
+
+friend KL_MAT_TYPE product (const KL_MAT_TYPE& a, const KL_MAT_TYPE& b);
+friend KL_MAT_TYPE quotient (const KL_MAT_TYPE& a, const KL_MAT_TYPE& b);
+
+// Unary matrix ops.
+
+friend KL_MAT_TYPE operator - (const KL_MAT_TYPE& a);
+
+#endif
+
+#ifdef KLUDGE_DIAG_MATRICES
+
+/*
+ * Like type operations for diagonal matrices.
+ */
+
+// Element by element MDiagArray by scalar ops.
+
+friend KL_DMAT_TYPE operator * (const KL_DMAT_TYPE& a, const TYPE& s);
+friend KL_DMAT_TYPE operator / (const KL_DMAT_TYPE& a, const TYPE& s);
+
+// Element by element scalar by MDiagArray ops.
+
+friend KL_DMAT_TYPE operator * (const TYPE& s, const KL_DMAT_TYPE& a);
+
+// Element by element MDiagArray by MDiagArray ops.
+
+friend KL_DMAT_TYPE operator + (const KL_DMAT_TYPE& a, const KL_DMAT_TYPE& b);
+friend KL_DMAT_TYPE operator - (const KL_DMAT_TYPE& a, const KL_DMAT_TYPE& b);
+
+friend KL_DMAT_TYPE product (const KL_DMAT_TYPE& a, const KL_DMAT_TYPE& b);
+
+// Unary MDiagArray ops.
+
+friend KL_DMAT_TYPE operator - (const KL_DMAT_TYPE& a);
+
+#endif
+
+#undef DO_SV_OP
+#undef DO_VS_OP
+#undef DO_VV_OP
+#undef NEG_V
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; page-delimiter: "^/\\*" ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/