Re: Re: Orocos Program

>>> you want to introduce a constructor like :
>>>
>>> var Double6D d6 = Double6D(0.,1.,2.,3.,4.,5.)
>>
>> Exactly!
>>
>>> you need a 'sixfold' operator ( a function object with 6 
>>> parameters ) to do the inline construction. The vector 
>>> constructor uses a TernaryOperator (See Operators.hpp
>>> and Operators.cxx). A '[]' operator might be handy too, 
>>> bounds checking can be done during the program parsing.
>>
>> For now, we have only interested to define a Double6D
>> variable and pass it to the Generator MoveTo method.

> ok.

>>
>> We don't have any compile errors, but when we start our program
>>
>>   program {
>>     var double6D Command = double6D(1.0)
>>   }
>>
>> we have the following parser error: 
>> "Value "double6D" is not defined..."

> Hmm. Could you send me a patch so that i can test it for myself ?
> This is not  the kind of error you would expect :-).

Ok, we'll send the modified sources of Orocos to your personal e-mail.

>> 2) The StartupComponents struct in configuration xml file contains 
>> the list of components which must be selected when the kernel is
>> started. However, we have noted that the componentStartup hook 
>> of these components isn't executed. Why?

> This is strange, this works in the motion_tracking kernel for example.

> Possible mistakes are :
> * A spelling error in the xml file (you must specify the unique name 
> given in the constructor of your component)

Sorry, we had a spelling error in the xml file. We didn't see that because
the Generator MoveTo method was executed and we thought that the components
were selected in right way.

Regard,
  Andrea & Stefano