casa core modules (libcasa_casa)

The casa package contains the core modules.

More...

The casa package contains the core modules.

• Multi-dimensional arrays
• Quantities (values with physical units)
• OS and IO interface classes
• Containers (from pre-STL era)
• Various utility classes and functions
• Classes to store and retrieve casacore data types in/from the HDF5 file format
• Miscellaneous modules for exceptions, tasking interface, command line input, logging, STL wrappers, and basic math classes and functors

It is important to note that most of the code has been developed before STL came into existence, so several classes in modules Containers and Utilities are superseded by their STL counterparts. However, they are still used in some casacore code. Furthermore, some classes offer some extra functionality compared to STL.