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<H2><A NAME="HDREXMKX2" HREF="progu028.htm#PToC_62">6.2 MakeXEfficient Module
Example--Create New Positions</A></H2>
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<P>
The preceding example module, MakeX, manipulates regular (compactly
encoded) positions less efficiently than it might.
Note that the first call to <TT><STRONG>DXGetArrayData</STRONG></TT> in the file
<TT>makex.c</TT> expands the compact coding of regular
positions.
MakeXEfficient eliminates this expansion.
<P>
MakeXEfficient has the same two inputs as MakeX:
<TT><STRONG>data</STRONG></TT>, is of type <TT><STRONG>field</STRONG></TT> and
has
no default value;
<TT><STRONG>addend</STRONG></TT>, is of type <TT><STRONG>size</STRONG></TT>, and
has a default value of 1.
<P>
MakeXEfficient has the same output as MakeX:
<TT><STRONG>result</STRONG></TT> is of type <TT><STRONG>field</STRONG></TT>.
<P>
<B><U>Repeat Steps (1) through (5)</U></B> of the preceding example (see
<A HREF="progu028.htm#HDRMAKEX">6.1 , "MakeX Module Example--Create New
Positions"</A>), using the file name
"makexeff" in place of "makex."
Step (5) will produce files <TT>makexeff.c</TT>,
<TT>makexeff.mdf</TT>, and
<TT>makexeff.make</TT>.
<P>
<B><U>(6) Implement the MakeXEfficient function</U></B>.
MakeXEfficient uses Array-handling routines like those described in
<A HREF="progu046.htm#HDRARHAND">"Array Handling"</A>.
But the main differences from MakeX are a handle for manipulating the
input-positions Array, and a scratch buffer to hold the
coordinates of a single position (three floating-point
numbers in this example).
Note that there is no call to DXGetArrayData for a pointer to the
input-positions Array, thereby avoiding inefficiencies by
not expanding regular positions.
<P>
Edit the <TT>makexeff.c</TT> file and replace the line
<PRE>
p_positions = (float*) DXGetArrayData(array)
</PRE>
with the following:
<PRE>
if (!(handle = DXCreateArrayHandle(array)))
goto error;
scratch = DXAllocate(3*sizeof(float));
if (!scratch)
goto error;
</PRE>
<P>
Another necessary code change is one inside the loop labeled
"Now "draw" the x's" in the
<TT><STRONG>.c</STRONG></TT> file--a call to the
DXIterateArray routine to access the
current position.
Add the following pair of lines after the comment in the loop:
<PRE>
in_ptr = (float *)DXIterateArray(handle, i, in_ptr, scratch);
inpoint = DXPt(in_ptr[0], in_ptr[1], in_ptr[2]);
</PRE>
<P>
Of course, the handle and the scratch buffer have to be freed at
some point.
Add the following lines before the MakeXEfficient_worker code near
the end of the file:
<PRE>
/* Delete scratch and handle */
DXFree((Pointer)scratch);
DXFreeArrayHandle(handle);
/* return */
return OK;
error:
/* Delete scratch and handle */
DXFree((Pointer)scratch);
DXFreeArrayHandle(handle);
return ERROR;
</PRE>
<P>
Add the following lines after the first block of code in the doLeaf
routine:
<PRE>
/* User-added declarations */
float *scratch, *in_ptr, size;
Point inpoint, *out_pos_ptr;
ArrayHandle handle;
Array connections;
Line *conn_ptr;
</PRE>
<P>
The file <TT>/usr/local/dx/samples/program_guide/makexeff.c</TT>
contains a completed version of this program.
<P>
<B><U>(7) To create a version of Data Explorer that includes</U></B> the
MakeXEfficient module, enter the command:
<PRE>
make -f makexeff.make dxexec
</PRE>
<P>
(You have now created an executable that contains the MakeX
module.)
<P>
<B><U>(8) To invoke this version, enter:</U></B>
<P>
<PRE>
dx -mdf ./makexeff.mdf -exec ./dxexec
</PRE>
<P>
This command starts Data Explorer (the <TT><STRONG>makexeff.mdf</STRONG></TT>
file
tells the graphical user interface about MakeX and its
inputs and outputs).
The executable dxexec invoked here is the one created in Step 6.
<P>
<B><U>(9) With this version of Data Explorer</U></B> you can now run any visual
program that uses the MakeXEfficient module.
One such program is
<TT>/usr/local/dx/samples/program_guide/makex_efficient.net</TT>
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