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-- some operations should be supported by bigger 'objects' e.g. 
-- vertices , valid to say 'whats the maximum of each component of 2 vertices', 'blend 2 vertices..'
-- but vertices are not necaserily vectors?.. the data within is in different spaces (position, color, normal..)

class VertexOps v where
    vlerp::Num s=>v->s->v
    vmin::v->v->v
    vmax::v->v->v

-- TODO some of this might be monad malarky? (fmap? liftM2? )
class VectorOps x where
    vbinop::(a->b->c) ->  x a  ->  x b  -> x c  -- for binary operation between two vectors
    vreduce::(a->a->a) ->  x a  ->  a           -- for componentwise 'reduction' e.g. for sum-elements
    vscalarop::(a->b->c) ->  x a  -> b ->  x c  -- for binary operations between a vector and a scalar
    ????

// Rust..
// trait VectorOps  e.g. VecXYZ             
//                                     trait AllOps : VectorOps+VertexOps
// trait VertexOps  e.g. PointColorNormal
// 'T' = the scalar type inside..

trait VectorOps<T> {
    fn vbinop<F>(&self,b:&Self, f:F)->Self // use to roll add,sub,mul, ...
      where F:Fn(T,T)->T;
    ..
} 
trait VertexOps<T> {
    fn vlerp(&self,b:&Self,f:T)->Self
    fn vmin(&self,:b:&Self)->Self
    fn vmax(&self,:b:&Self)->Self
}
// 'for any 'V' that supports Vector Ops, implement VertexOps trivially.
impl<T:Num,V:VectorOps<T>> VertexOps<T> for V {
    fn vlerp(&self,b:&V,f:T)->V { a + (b-a)*f }
   
}
trait AllOps<T> : VectorOps<T>,VertexOps<T>{} // just combines them
impl<V:VectorOps<T>+VertexOps>  AllOps for V{} // required to actually instantiate
// now we can bound types with 'AllOps' for everthing, or just 'VertexOps' for 'vlerp,vmin,vmax'