Correction of is_vector and doc text

arrays.scad

@@ -18,6 +18,20 @@
 
 // Section: List Query Operations
 
+// Function: is_simple_list()
+// Description:
+//   Returns true just when all elements of `list` are simple values.
+// Usage:
+//   is_simple_list(list)
+// Arguments:
+//   list = The list to check.
+// Example:
+//   a = is_simple_list([3,4,5,6,7,8,9]);  Returns: true
+//   b = is_simple_list([3,4,5,[6],7,8]);  Returns: false
+function is_simple_list(list) =
+		is_list(list)
+		&& []==[for(e=list) if(is_list(e)) 0];
+
 
 // Function: select()
 // Description:
@@ -1289,6 +1303,17 @@ function array_group(v, cnt=2, dflt=0) = [for (i = [0:cnt:len(v)-1]) [for (j = [
 function flatten(l) = [for (a = l) each a];
 
 
+// Function: full_flatten()
+// Description: 
+//   Collects in a list all elements recursively found in any level of the given list.
+//   The output list is ordered in depth first order.
+// Arguments:
+//   l = List to flatten.
+// Example:
+//   full_flatten([[1,2,3], [4,5,[6,7,8]]]) returns [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
+function full_flatten(l) = [for(a=l) if(is_list(a)) (each full_flatten(a)) else a ];
+
+
 // Internal.  Not exposed.
 function _array_dim_recurse(v) =
     !is_list(v[0])

common.scad

@@ -134,9 +134,15 @@ function is_list_of(list,pattern) =
 //   is_consistent([[3,[3,4,[5]]], [5,[2,9,[9]]]]); // Returns true
 //   is_consistent([[3,[3,4,[5]]], [5,[2,9,9]]]);   // Returns false
 function is_consistent(list) =
-  is_list(list) && is_list_of(list, list[0]);
+    is_list(list) && is_list_of(list, list[0]);
 
 
+//**
+// is_consistent doesn't ensure the list contains just numbers!
+// for instance, is_consistent([ [1,undef], [2,"a"] ]) is true
+// is_consistent ensures that if we substitute each number in the list by true and any other value by false, 
+// all list items will be equal. The same happens with same_shape().
+
 // Function: same_shape()
 // Usage:
 //   same_shape(a,b)

tests/test_arrays.scad

@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ include <../std.scad>
 
 // Section: List Query Operations
 
+module test_is_simple_list() {
+		assert(is_simple_list([1,2,3,4]));
+		assert(is_simple_list([]));
+		assert(!is_simple_list([1,2,[3,4]]));
+} 
+test_is_simple_list();
+
+
 module test_select() {
     l = [3,4,5,6,7,8,9];
     assert(select(l, 5, 6) == [8,9]);
@@ -434,10 +442,18 @@ test_array_group();
 
 module test_flatten() {
     assert(flatten([[1,2,3], [4,5,[6,7,8]]]) == [1,2,3,4,5,[6,7,8]]);
+    assert(flatten([]) == []);
 }
 test_flatten();
 
 
+module test_full_flatten() {
+    assert(full_flatten([[1,2,3], [4,5,[6,[7],8]]]) == [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]);
+    assert(full_flatten([]) == []);
+}
+test_full_flatten();
+
+
 module test_array_dim() {
     assert(array_dim([[[1,2,3],[4,5,6]],[[7,8,9],[10,11,12]]]) == [2,2,3]);
     assert(array_dim([[[1,2,3],[4,5,6]],[[7,8,9],[10,11,12]]], 0) == 2);

vectors.scad

@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ function is_vector(v,length,zero,eps=EPSILON) =
     && (is_undef(length) || len(v)==length)
     && (is_undef(zero) || ((norm(v) >= eps) == !zero));
 
-//***
-// add_scalar() is an array operation: moved to array.scad 
 
 // Function: vang()
 // Usage:
@@ -56,21 +54,19 @@ function vang(v) =
 // Function: vmul()
 // Description:
 //   Element-wise vector multiplication.  Multiplies each element of vector `v1` by
-//   the corresponding element of vector `v2`.  Returns a vector of the products.
+//   the corresponding element of vector `v2`. The vectors should have the same dimension.
+//   Returns a vector of the products.
 // Arguments:
 //   v1 = The first vector.
 //   v2 = The second vector.
 // Example:
 //   vmul([3,4,5], [8,7,6]);  // Returns [24, 28, 30]
 function vmul(v1, v2) = 
+// this thighter check can be done yet because it would break other codes in the library
 //    assert( is_vector(v1) && is_vector(v2,len(v1)), "Incompatible vectors")
     assert( is_vector(v1) && is_vector(v2), "Invalid vector(s)")
     [for (i = [0:1:len(v1)-1]) v1[i]*v2[i]];
     
-//***
-// some other functions seem to rely on the multiplication of vectors with different lengths
-// so, vmul assert cannot check lengths for now
-// when len(v1)>len(v2), undef will be in the output list.
 
 
 // Function: vdiv()
@@ -177,8 +173,6 @@ function vector_angle(v1,v2,v3) =
     // NOTE: constrain() corrects crazy FP rounding errors that exceed acos()'s domain.
     acos(constrain((vecs[0]*vecs[1])/(norm0*norm1), -1, 1));
     
-//***
-// completing input data check
 
 // Function: vector_axis()
 // Usage:
@@ -224,8 +218,5 @@ function vector_axis(v1,v2=undef,v3=undef) =
             ) unit(cross(w1,w3));
 
 
-//***
-// completing input data check and refactoring 
-// Note: vector_angle and vector_axis have the same kind of inputs and two code strategy alternatives
 
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