- follows the principle of least surprise if the expansion behaviour
for #eval and expressions (eg, exprFixedValue) are the same. This
is possible now that we harness the regular stringOps::expand()
within exprString::expand()
- replace stringOps::toScalar with a more generic stringOps::evaluate
method that handles scalars, vectors etc.
- improve #eval to handle various mathematical operations.
Previously only handled scalars. Now produce vectors, tensors etc
for the entries. These tokens are streamed directly into the entry.
- add toScalar evaluation, embedded as "${{EXPR}}".
For example,
"repeat ${{5 * 7}} times or ${{ pow(3, 10) }}"
- use direct string concatenation if primitive entry is only a string
type. This prevents spurious quotes from appearing in the expansion.
radius "(2+4)";
angle "3*15";
#eval "$radius*sin(degToRad($angle))";
We want to have
'(2+4)*sin(degToRad(3*15))'
and not
'"(2+4)"*sin(degToRad("3*15"))'
ENH: code refactoring
- refactored expansion code with low-level service routines now
belonging to file-scope. All expansion routines use a common
multi-parameter backend to handle with/without dictionary etc.
This removes a large amount of code duplication.
- the #eval directive is similar to the #calc directive, but for evaluating
string expressions into scalar values. It uses an internal parser for
the evaluation instead of dynamic code compilation. This can make it
more suitable for 'quick' evaluations.
The evaluation supports the following:
- operations: - + * /
- functions: exp, log, log10, pow, sqrt, cbrt, sqr, mag, magSqr
- trigonometric: sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, atan2, hypot
- hyperbolic: sinh, cosh, tanh
- conversions: degToRad, radToDeg
- constants: pi()
- misc: rand(), rand(seed)
