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On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 23:34 -0500, Arthur K. Barnes wrote: > Hi all, > > Thanks for a great library. I notice that the GSL documentation for > the BLAS wrappers include function prototypes, but not a description > of what each function does. Granted, it is possible to infer > functionality from the function name, and there is a link to the BLAS > documentation, but it still is a bit of a pain. I'm willing to produce > a patch for a completed version, but I'm curious if there is a reason > for referring to the BLAS documentation. > > Thanks again, > -Art > i assume you refer to appendix d of the manual. you are right, only the prototypes are listed. for the complete documentation refer to chapter 12. the naming convention is gsl_blas_function <-> cblas_function. the only part that is not obvious are the dimensions of the various matrices/vectors. they are contained in the gsl_matrix or gsl_vevtor but have to be supplied for the wrapper. -- Dr. Ivo Alxneit Laboratory for Solar Technology phone: +41 56 310 4092 Paul Scherrer Institute fax: +41 56 310 2688 CH-5232 Villigen http://solar.web.psi.ch Switzerland gnupg key: 0x515E30C7
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