eoInit is a base class for making EO's, eoPop now has a constructor

for eoInit's

eo/src/eoInit.h

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// -*- mode: c++; c-indent-level: 4; c++-member-init-indent: 8; comment-column: 35; -*-
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// eoInit.h
+// (c) Maarten Keijzer 2000, GeNeura Team, 2000
+/* 
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+    Contact: todos@geneura.ugr.es, http://geneura.ugr.es
+             Marc.Schoenauer@polytechnique.fr
+             mak@dhi.dk
+ */
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifndef _eoInit_H
+#define _eoInit_H
+
+/**
+	Base class for Initialization of chromosomes, used in a population 
+	contructor
+
+	@see eoPop
+*/
+template <class EOT>
+class eoInit
+{
+public :
+	virtual EOT operator()(void) = 0;
+};
+
+#endif

eo/src/eoPop.h

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 // EO includes
 #include <eoRnd.h>
+#include <eoInit.h>
 #include <eoPersistent.h>
 
 /** Subpopulation: it is used to move parts of population
@@ -90,6 +91,19 @@ class eoPop: public vector<EOT>, public eoObject, public eoPersistent {
 	  }
 	};
 
+     /** Ctor for user-defined chromosomes, 
+	@param _popSize total population size
+	@param _chromRnd Initialization routine, produces EO's
+	*/
+	eoPop( unsigned _popSize, eoInit<EOT> & _chromRnd )
+	  :vector<EOT>() 
+    {
+	  for ( unsigned i = 0; i < _popSize; i++ )
+      {
+	    push_back( _chromRnd() );
+	  }
+	};
+
 
 	/** Ctor from an istream; reads the population from a stream,
 	    each element should be in different lines