No easy way to access components of Vector*i

[kPYKx7Ddw4n1aIKZ]

System Information

• Ogre Version: master/1.12.0
• Operating System / Platform: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)

Detailled description

I tried to access the components of a Vector*i like this:
vec.x;vec.y;vec.z;vec.w

However this didn't work.
It seems to me that this is only implemented for Ogre::Real vectors:

ogre/OgreMain/include/OgreVector.h

Line 270 in e1c3732

Real x, y, z, w;

Is there another way or is this part just not implemented yet?

[paroj]

vec[0], vec[1] ..

[kPYKx7Ddw4n1aIKZ]

Is it planned to support vec.x;vec.y;vec.z;vec.w access on vectors which are not Ogre::Real vectors or does one have to implement an own solution for this?

[paroj]

what is the issue with using vec[0] instead of vec.x? the issue with the xyzw scheme is that you cannot iterate over it and id does not scale beyond 4d - therefore I would rather limit its usage..

[kPYKx7Ddw4n1aIKZ]

the issue with the xyzw scheme is that you cannot iterate over it and id does not scale beyond 4d

That sounds sensible.

what is the issue with using vec[0] instead of vec.x?

To be honest, this is related to the following: OGRECave/scape#28
Previously, the xyzw scheme has been used there with the int vector type.

[paroj]

I think you can make your usecase work by declaring

template <> struct _OgreExport VectorBase<4, int> ...

before instantiating a Vector4i