Add Vector::axcpy method

The added method `Vector::axcpy` generalises `Vector::gemv` to
noncommutative cases since it allows us to write for `gemv`
`self.axcpy(alpha, &col2, val, beta)`, instead the usual
`self.axpy(alpha * val, &col2, beta)`. Hence, `axcpy` preserves the
order of scalar multiplication which is important for applications where
commutativity is not guaranteed (e.g., matrices of quaternions, etc.).

This commmit also removes helpers `array_axpy` and `array_ax`, and
replaces them with `array_axcpy` and `array_axc` respectively, which
like above preserve the order of scalar multiplication.

Finally, `Vector::axpy` is preserved, however, now expressed in terms of
`Vector::axcpy` like so:

```
self.axcpy(alpha * val, &col2, beta)
```

src/base/blas.rs

@@ -468,21 +468,21 @@ where N: Scalar + Zero + ClosedAdd + ClosedMul
     }
 }
 
-fn array_axpy<N>(y: &mut [N], a: N, x: &[N], beta: N, stride1: usize, stride2: usize, len: usize)
+fn array_axcpy<N>(y: &mut [N], a: N, x: &[N], c: N, beta: N, stride1: usize, stride2: usize, len: usize)
 where N: Scalar + Zero + ClosedAdd + ClosedMul {
     for i in 0..len {
         unsafe {
             let y = y.get_unchecked_mut(i * stride1);
-            *y = *x.get_unchecked(i * stride2) * a + *y * beta;
+            *y = a * *x.get_unchecked(i * stride2) * c + beta * *y;
         }
     }
 }
 
-fn array_ax<N>(y: &mut [N], a: N, x: &[N], stride1: usize, stride2: usize, len: usize)
+fn array_axc<N>(y: &mut [N], a: N, x: &[N], c: N, stride1: usize, stride2: usize, len: usize)
 where N: Scalar + Zero + ClosedAdd + ClosedMul {
     for i in 0..len {
         unsafe {
-            *y.get_unchecked_mut(i * stride1) = *x.get_unchecked(i * stride2) * a;
+            *y.get_unchecked_mut(i * stride1) = a * *x.get_unchecked(i * stride2) * c;
         }
     }
 }
@@ -492,6 +492,40 @@ where
     N: Scalar + Zero + ClosedAdd + ClosedMul,
     S: StorageMut<N, D>,
 {
+    /// Computes `self = a * x * c + b * self`.
+    ///
+    /// If `b` is zero, `self` is never read from.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples:
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # use nalgebra::Vector3;
+    /// let mut vec1 = Vector3::new(1.0, 2.0, 3.0);
+    /// let vec2 = Vector3::new(0.1, 0.2, 0.3);
+    /// vec1.axcpy(5.0, &vec2, 2.0, 5.0);
+    /// assert_eq!(vec1, Vector3::new(6.0, 12.0, 18.0));
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn axcpy<D2: Dim, SB>(&mut self, a: N, x: &Vector<N, D2, SB>, c: N, b: N)
+    where
+        SB: Storage<N, D2>,
+        ShapeConstraint: DimEq<D, D2>,
+    {
+        assert_eq!(self.nrows(), x.nrows(), "Axcpy: mismatched vector shapes.");
+
+        let rstride1 = self.strides().0;
+        let rstride2 = x.strides().0;
+
+        let y = self.data.as_mut_slice();
+        let x = x.data.as_slice();
+
+        if !b.is_zero() {
+            array_axcpy(y, a, x, c, b, rstride1, rstride2, x.len());
+        } else {
+            array_axc(y, a, x, c, rstride1, rstride2, x.len());
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Computes `self = a * x + b * self`.
     ///
     /// If `b` is zero, `self` is never read from.
@@ -508,22 +542,12 @@ where
     #[inline]
     pub fn axpy<D2: Dim, SB>(&mut self, a: N, x: &Vector<N, D2, SB>, b: N)
     where
+        N: One,
         SB: Storage<N, D2>,
         ShapeConstraint: DimEq<D, D2>,
     {
         assert_eq!(self.nrows(), x.nrows(), "Axpy: mismatched vector shapes.");
-
+        self.axcpy(a, x, N::one(), b)
-        let rstride1 = self.strides().0;
-        let rstride2 = x.strides().0;
-
-        let y = self.data.as_mut_slice();
-        let x = x.data.as_slice();
-
-        if !b.is_zero() {
-            array_axpy(y, a, x, b, rstride1, rstride2, x.len());
-        } else {
-            array_ax(y, a, x, rstride1, rstride2, x.len());
-        }
     }
 
     /// Computes `self = alpha * a * x + beta * self`, where `a` is a matrix, `x` a vector, and
@@ -579,13 +603,13 @@ where
         // FIXME: avoid bound checks.
         let col2 = a.column(0);
         let val = unsafe { *x.vget_unchecked(0) };
-        self.axpy(val * alpha, &col2, beta);
+        self.axcpy(alpha, &col2, val, beta);
 
         for j in 1..ncols2 {
             let col2 = a.column(j);
             let val = unsafe { *x.vget_unchecked(j) };
 
-            self.axpy(val * alpha, &col2, N::one());
+            self.axcpy(alpha, &col2, val, N::one());
         }
     }
 
@@ -624,7 +648,7 @@ where
         // FIXME: avoid bound checks.
         let col2 = a.column(0);
         let val = unsafe { *x.vget_unchecked(0) };
-        self.axpy(val * alpha, &col2, beta);
+        self.axpy(alpha * val, &col2, beta);
         self[0] += alpha * dot(&a.slice_range(1.., 0), &x.rows_range(1..));
 
         for j in 1..dim2 {
@@ -637,7 +661,7 @@ where
                 *self.vget_unchecked_mut(j) += alpha * dot;
             }
             self.rows_range_mut(j + 1..)
-                .axpy(val * alpha, &col2.rows_range(j + 1..), N::one());
+                .axpy(alpha * val, &col2.rows_range(j + 1..), N::one());
         }
     }
 
@@ -890,7 +914,7 @@ where N: Scalar + Zero + ClosedAdd + ClosedMul
         for j in 0..ncols1 {
             // FIXME: avoid bound checks.
             let val = unsafe { conjugate(*y.vget_unchecked(j)) };
-            self.column_mut(j).axpy(val * alpha, x, beta);
+            self.column_mut(j).axpy(alpha * val, x, beta);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1256,7 +1280,7 @@ where N: Scalar + Zero + ClosedAdd + ClosedMul
             let subdim = Dynamic::new(dim1 - j);
             // FIXME: avoid bound checks.
             self.generic_slice_mut((j, j), (subdim, U1)).axpy(
-                val * alpha,
+                alpha * val,
                 &x.rows_range(j..),
                 beta,
             );