typedef Matrix MatrixType; typedef Map MapType; typedef Map MapTypeConst; // a read-only map const int n_dims = 5; MatrixType m1(n_dims), m2(n_dims); m1.setRandom(); m2.setRandom(); float *p = &m2(0); // get the address storing the data for m2 MapType m2map(p,m2.size()); // m2map shares data with m2 MapTypeConst m2mapconst(p,m2.size()); // a read-only accessor for m2 cout << "m1: " << m1 << endl; cout << "m2: " << m2 << endl; cout << "Squared euclidean distance: " << (m1-m2).squaredNorm() << endl; cout << "Squared euclidean distance, using map: " << (m1-m2map).squaredNorm() << endl; m2map(3) = 7; // this will change m2, since they share the same array cout << "Updated m2: " << m2 << endl; cout << "m2 coefficient 2, constant accessor: " << m2mapconst(2) << endl; /* m2mapconst(2) = 5; */ // this yields a compile-time error