To make it easier with decorators which are more than one line, it
might be worth adding a standard method
MyDecorator::create_from(Particle *p, MyDecorator o) which copies all
the copyable attributes from the other decorator to p.
For XYZ and XYZR this doesn't really help since it is just
XYZDecorator.create_from(Particle(m), d1) vs
XYZDecorator.create(Particle(m), d1.get_coordinates())
but for a atom it saves a few gets and sets.
Not sure that this really solves much. Would such shorten people's code?
Duplicating a part of a molecular hierarchy definitely seems like a
useful thing to have i.e. something like
MolecularHierarchyDecorator copy(MolecularHierarchyDecorator d)
which copies all the MDH, Atom and Residue traits, bonds and names.
On Mar 3, 2009, at 10:28 PM, Keren Lasker wrote:
that is sad .....
can we just have something like xyzr copy constructor, that will
create a new particle with xyzr attributes and ignores all
hierarchies and states ?
On Mar 3, 2009, at 10:24 PM, Daniel Russel wrote:
Nope. See the FAQ :-) you can iterate through them to do the
copying if you are careful.