|  | typedef Matrix<float, 1, Dynamic> MatrixType; | 
|  | typedef Map<MatrixType> MapType; | 
|  | typedef Map<const MatrixType> 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 |