Add traits MatCast and VecCast.

VecCast casts a Vec<N1> to a Vec<N2> with N1 and N2 bounded by NumCast.
MatCast casts a Mat<N1> to a Mat<N2> with N1 and N2 bounded by NumCast.

src/mat.rs

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use traits::indexable::Indexable;
 use traits::column::Column;
 use traits::iterable::{Iterable, IterableMut};
 
+pub use traits::mat_cast::*;
 pub use traits::column::*;
 pub use traits::inv::*;
 pub use traits::rlmul::*;
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ mod mat_macros;
 pub struct Mat1<N>
 { m11: N }
 
-mat_impl!(Mat1, 1, m11)
+mat_impl!(Mat1, m11)
+mat_cast_impl!(Mat1, m11)
 one_impl!(Mat1, _1)
 iterable_impl!(Mat1, 1)
 iterable_mut_impl!(Mat1, 1)
@@ -55,7 +57,9 @@ pub struct Mat2<N>
   m21: N, m22: N
 }
 
-mat_impl!(Mat2, 2, m11, m12,
+mat_impl!(Mat2, m11, m12,
+                m21, m22)
+mat_cast_impl!(Mat2, m11, m12,
                      m21, m22)
 one_impl!(Mat2, _1, _0,
                 _0, _1)
@@ -82,7 +86,10 @@ pub struct Mat3<N>
   m31: N, m32: N, m33: N
 }
 
-mat_impl!(Mat3, 3, m11, m12, m13,
+mat_impl!(Mat3, m11, m12, m13,
+                m21, m22, m23,
+                m31, m32, m33)
+mat_cast_impl!(Mat3, m11, m12, m13,
                      m21, m22, m23,
                      m31, m32, m33)
 one_impl!(Mat3, _1, _0, _0,
@@ -112,7 +119,13 @@ pub struct Mat4<N>
   m41: N, m42: N, m43: N, m44: N
 }
 
-mat_impl!(Mat4, 4,
+mat_impl!(Mat4,
+  m11, m12, m13, m14,
+  m21, m22, m23, m24,
+  m31, m32, m33, m34,
+  m41, m42, m43, m44
+)
+mat_cast_impl!(Mat4,
   m11, m12, m13, m14,
   m21, m22, m23, m24,
   m31, m32, m33, m34,
@@ -147,7 +160,14 @@ pub struct Mat5<N>
   m51: N, m52: N, m53: N, m54: N, m55: N
 }
 
-mat_impl!(Mat5, 5,
+mat_impl!(Mat5,
+  m11, m12, m13, m14, m15,
+  m21, m22, m23, m24, m25,
+  m31, m32, m33, m34, m35,
+  m41, m42, m43, m44, m45,
+  m51, m52, m53, m54, m55
+)
+mat_cast_impl!(Mat5,
   m11, m12, m13, m14, m15,
   m21, m22, m23, m24, m25,
   m31, m32, m33, m34, m35,
@@ -187,7 +207,15 @@ pub struct Mat6<N>
   m61: N, m62: N, m63: N, m64: N, m65: N, m66: N
 }
 
-mat_impl!(Mat6, 6,
+mat_impl!(Mat6,
+  m11, m12, m13, m14, m15, m16,
+  m21, m22, m23, m24, m25, m26,
+  m31, m32, m33, m34, m35, m36,
+  m41, m42, m43, m44, m45, m46,
+  m51, m52, m53, m54, m55, m56,
+  m61, m62, m63, m64, m65, m66
+)
+mat_cast_impl!(Mat6,
   m11, m12, m13, m14, m15, m16,
   m21, m22, m23, m24, m25, m26,
   m31, m32, m33, m34, m35, m36,

src/mat_macros.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #[macro_escape];
 
 macro_rules! mat_impl(
-  ($t: ident, $dim: expr, $comp0: ident $(,$compN: ident)*) => (
+  ($t: ident, $comp0: ident $(,$compN: ident)*) => (
     impl<N> $t<N>
     {
       #[inline]
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ macro_rules! mat_impl(
   )
 )
 
+macro_rules! mat_cast_impl(
+  ($t: ident, $comp0: ident $(,$compN: ident)*) => (
+    impl<Nin: NumCast + Clone, Nout: NumCast> MatCast<$t<Nout>> for $t<Nin>
+    {
+      #[inline]
+      pub fn from(m: $t<Nin>) -> $t<Nout>
+      { $t::new(NumCast::from(m.$comp0.clone()) $(, NumCast::from(m.$compN.clone()) )*) }
+    }
+  )
+)
+
 macro_rules! iterable_impl(
   ($t: ident, $dim: expr) => (
     impl<N> Iterable<N> for $t<N>

src/nalgebra.rc

@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ mod traits
   mod rlmul;
   mod scalar_op;
   mod homogeneous;
+  mod vec_cast;
+  mod mat_cast;
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]

src/traits/mat_cast.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pub trait MatCast<M>
+{ fn from(Self) -> M; }

src/traits/vec_cast.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pub trait VecCast<V>
+{ fn from(Self) -> V; }

src/vec.rs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use traits::division_ring::DivisionRing;
 use traits::homogeneous::{FromHomogeneous, ToHomogeneous};
 use traits::indexable::Indexable;
 
+pub use traits::vec_cast::*;
 pub use traits::basis::*;
 pub use traits::cross::*;
 pub use traits::dot::*;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ pub struct Vec1<N>
 { x: N }
 
 new_impl!(Vec1, x)
+vec_cast_impl!(Vec1, x)
 indexable_impl!(Vec1, 1)
 new_repeat_impl!(Vec1, val, x)
 dim_impl!(Vec1, 1)
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ pub struct Vec2<N>
 }
 
 new_impl!(Vec2, x, y)
+vec_cast_impl!(Vec2, x, y)
 indexable_impl!(Vec2, 2)
 new_repeat_impl!(Vec2, val, x, y)
 dim_impl!(Vec2, 2)
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@ pub struct Vec3<N>
 }
 
 new_impl!(Vec3, x, y, z)
+vec_cast_impl!(Vec3, x, y, z)
 indexable_impl!(Vec3, 3)
 new_repeat_impl!(Vec3, val, x, y, z)
 dim_impl!(Vec3, 3)
@@ -136,6 +140,7 @@ pub struct Vec4<N>
 }
 
 new_impl!(Vec4, x, y, z, w)
+vec_cast_impl!(Vec4, x, y, z, w)
 indexable_impl!(Vec4, 4)
 new_repeat_impl!(Vec4, val, x, y, z, w)
 dim_impl!(Vec4, 4)
@@ -172,6 +177,7 @@ pub struct Vec5<N>
 }
 
 new_impl!(Vec5, x, y, z, w, a)
+vec_cast_impl!(Vec5, x, y, z, w, a)
 indexable_impl!(Vec5, 5)
 new_repeat_impl!(Vec5, val, x, y, z, w, a)
 dim_impl!(Vec5, 5)
@@ -209,6 +215,7 @@ pub struct Vec6<N>
 }
 
 new_impl!(Vec6, x, y, z, w, a, b)
+vec_cast_impl!(Vec6, x, y, z, w, a, b)
 indexable_impl!(Vec6, 6)
 new_repeat_impl!(Vec6, val, x, y, z, w, a, b)
 dim_impl!(Vec6, 6)

src/vec_macros.rs

@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@ macro_rules! new_impl(
     }
   )
 )
+macro_rules! vec_cast_impl(
+  ($t: ident, $comp0: ident $(,$compN: ident)*) => (
+    impl<Nin: NumCast + Clone, Nout: NumCast> VecCast<$t<Nout>> for $t<Nin>
+    {
+      #[inline]
+      pub fn from(v: $t<Nin>) -> $t<Nout>
+      { $t::new(NumCast::from(v.$comp0.clone()) $(, NumCast::from(v.$compN.clone()))*) }
+    }
+  )
+)
 
 macro_rules! indexable_impl(
   ($t: ident, $dim: expr) => (