did some testing (C-style array vs. valarray), see main for results

AwesomeAttractor.cbp

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 		</Build>
 		<Compiler>
 			<Add option="-Wall" />
+			<Add option="-Wno-unknown-pragmas" />
 		</Compiler>
 		<Linker>
 			<Add library="libpng" />

main.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <ctime>
+#include <valarray>
 
 #include "Attractor.hpp"
 #include "Canvas.hpp"
@@ -7,11 +8,17 @@
 
 #include "defines.hpp"
 
+/*
+ I compared the performance of C-style arrays with valarray. My conclusion is that accessing and setting elements makes no difference (sometimes C-syle array's were just 2% faster, but sometimes valarray was 2% faster (5000000 samples)). But the allocation and initialisation of the valrray was like 30% faster, so it might be a good idea to change my C-style array to valarray. It is also nicer in use, one can use functions like sum, etc. How valarray manages memory may also be more efficient, but all i know is that a valarray<double> is bigger than a double* (in means of sizeof()), but that is not really an issue. So valarray!!!
+*/
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-	
+
     clock_t start, end;
     double totalTime, totalIterations;
 
+    bool verbose = false;
+
     // initialising stuff
     Attractor myAttractor(ATTRACTOR_FILE);
 
@@ -31,16 +38,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
             myAttractor.iterate();
             myAttractor.plot();
         }
-        system("clear");
-        myAttractor.output();
-		std::cout << j << "% done" << std::endl;
+		if (verbose) {
+			myAttractor.output();
+			std::cout << j << "% done" << std::endl;
+		}
     }
     end = clock();
 
     totalIterations = 100.0*iterations;
     totalTime = ((double)(end-start)/(double)(CLOCKS_PER_SEC));
-    printf("\ntotal clock time: %f\n", totalTime );
-    printf("average iterations per second: %f\n\n", totalIterations/((double)(end-start)/(double)(CLOCKS_PER_SEC)) );
+    std::cout << std::endl << "total clock time: " << totalTime << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "average iterations per second: " << totalIterations/((double)(end-start)/(double)(CLOCKS_PER_SEC)) << std::endl << std::endl;
 
     // saving output
     start = clock();
@@ -49,97 +57,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     totalTime = ((double)(end-start)/(double)(CLOCKS_PER_SEC));
 
-    printf("total clock time for writing png: %f\n", totalTime );
-    printf("\n Awesome Attractor, version %s\n", __DATE__);
-
-    /*if ( argc <= 2 ) {
-        cout << endl << "nothing to do..." << endl;
-        cout << "usage:" << endl;
-        cout << "    rendering to canvas:   -a my_attractor.attr 500000000 my_attractor.canv 800 600 3" << endl;
-        cout << "    canvas to png:         -c my_attractor.canv 800 600 3 my_atttractor.png" << endl << endl;
-        exit(0);
-    }
-
-    int mode;
-    string argv1 = argv[1];
-    if ( argv1 == "-a" ) {
-        cout << "rendermode" << endl;
-        mode = 1;
-    } else if ( argv1 == "-c" ) {
-        cout << "canvasmode" << endl;
-        mode = 2;
-    } else {
-        cout << "i do.. i do... i do not understand... \"" << argv1 << "\""<< endl;
-        exit(0);
-    }
-
-    switch ( mode ) {
-    case 1: {
-        if ( argc != 8 ) {
-            cout << "all parameters must be set..." << endl;
-            exit(0);
-        }
-
-        string attractorFile = argv[2];
-        unsigned int iterations = atoi(argv[3]);
-        string canvasFile = argv[4];
-        unsigned int width = atoi(argv[5]);
-        unsigned int height = atoi(argv[6]);
-        unsigned int numColors = atoi(argv[7]);
-
-        Attractor attract(attractorFile.c_str());
-        cout << attractorFile << " is read" << endl;
-
-        Projector projection;
-        Canvas canvas(width, height, numColors);
-        projection.canvas = &canvas;
-
-        attract.projectors.push_back(&projection);
-        attract.init_range();
-
-        projection.output();
-
-        for ( unsigned int j = 1; j <= 100; j++ ) {
-            for ( unsigned int i = 0; 100*i <= iterations; i++ ) {
-                attract.iterate();
-                attract.plot();
-            }
-            cout << j << "% done" << endl;
-        }
-
-        canvas.output_raw(canvasFile.c_str());
-        cout << canvasFile << " is outputted" << endl;
-
-        break;
-    }
-    case 2: {
-        if ( argc != 7 ) {
-            cout << "all parameters must be set..." << endl;
-            exit(0);
-        }
-
-        string canvasFile = argv[2];
-        unsigned int width = atoi(argv[3]);
-        unsigned int height = atoi(argv[4]);
-        unsigned int numColors = atoi(argv[5]);
-        string pngFile = argv[6];
-
-        Canvas canvas(width, height, numColors);
-        canvas.input_raw(canvasFile.c_str());
-        cout << canvasFile << " is read" << endl;
-        for ( double v = -1.5; v < 1.6; v += 1.5 ) {
-            canvas.v = v;
-            canvas.output_file();
-        }
-        cout << pngFile << " was exported" << endl;
-        break;
-    }
-
-    default: {
-        cout << "WTF" << endl;
-        break;
-    }
-    }*/
+    std::cout << "total clock time for writing png: " << totalTime << std::endl;
+    std::cout << std::endl << "Awesome Attractor, version " << __DATE__ << std::endl;
 
 
     return 0;