canvas::Text: get maximum width (if displayed on a single line).

[simgear.git] / simgear / math / SGMisc.hxx

diff --git a/simgear/math/SGMisc.hxx b/simgear/math/SGMisc.hxx
index 5e69077eab6c98c469ecd681a5f8c3b86cfd2168..0f57edf17713d8cef1a9fb9c181acb5591366b48 100644 (file)
--- a/simgear/math/SGMisc.hxx
+++ b/simgear/math/SGMisc.hxx
@@ -41,6 +41,39 @@ public:
   static T clip(const T& a, const T& _min, const T& _max)
   { return max(_min, min(_max, a)); }
 
+  /**
+   * Seek a variable towards a target value with given rate and timestep
+   *
+   * @param var     Variable or eg. SGPropObj
+   * @param target  Target value
+   * @param rate    Max. change rate/sec
+   * @param dt      Time step (sec)
+   */
+  template<class Var>
+  static T seek(Var& var, T target, T rate, T dt)
+  {
+    if( var < target )
+      return var = min(var + rate * dt, target);
+    else
+      return var = max(var - rate * dt, target);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get @c base raised to the power of @c N
+   *
+   * @tparam N      Exponent
+   * @param base    Base
+   */
+  template<int N>
+  static T pow(T base)
+  {
+    return (N < 0)
+      ? (1. / pow<-N>(base))
+      : (  ((N & 1) ? base : 1)
+        * ((N > 1) ? pow<N / 2>(base * base) : 1)
+        );
+  }
+
   static int sign(const T& a)
   {
     if (a < -SGLimits<T>::min())
@@ -92,7 +125,6 @@ public:
   static S lerp(const S& val0, const S& val1, const T& t)
   { return val0*(T(1) - t) + val1*t; }
 
-#ifndef NDEBUG
   /// Returns true if v is a NaN value
   /// Use with care: allways code that you do not need to use that!
   static bool isNaN(const T& v)
@@ -109,7 +141,6 @@ public:
     return !(v == v);
 #endif
   }
-#endif
 };
 
 #endif